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Re: [LUG] SMTP Port

 

On Thu, 13 Feb 2014 15:41:14 +0000
Neil Winchurst <barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello Neil,

>emails. At a quick glance I see that the SMTP port on the laptop is set
>at 465, the port on the desktop is 587. And the desktop complains that
>it needs some authentication, although I have it set up to not need any.

Your laptop is using SSL on port 465.  The desk machine, being on port
587 will complain about lack of authorisation.

Several options fro the desktop;

Change SMTP to port 25, leave authorisation off.
Leave SMTP port at 587 and turn on STARTTLS.
Change SMTP to port 465 and turn on SSL.

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