On Mon, 1 Dec 2008 03:04:13 -0000, Ildhund wrote:
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> "N. Miller" <anonymous@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1qaa3m04rb7yw.dlg@xxxxxx
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>> On Mon, 1 Dec 2008 10:27:37 +0900, Joshua wrote:
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>>> The automatic setup for Gmail accounts always uses port 25 for
>>> outgoing email when it should be port 465.
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>>> Anyone else have this problem?
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>> AFAIK, the automatic account setup defaults to port 25 for message
>> submission. Period. Despite that the recently adopted RFC 4409
>> (which obsoletes RFC 2476) specifies that port 587 should be used
>> for message submission, and the recently adopted RFC 5321 (which
>> obsoletes RFC 2821) specifies that port 587 is now the preferred
>> message submission port.
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> I just had a look at my latest OEConfig file...
I am not familiar with this "OEConfig" file.
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> ...that dictates the parameters used by 'autodiscovery' for setting
> up new accounts. There are four entries for gmail: one each POP3 and
> IMAP for both gmail.com and googlemail.com. For three of them, the
> smtp port is specified as 465; for a gmail.com POP3 account, it is
> specified as 25.
I just ran through the Wizard for Windows Live Mail (12.0.1606). Even
specifying that the server requires SSL, the Wizard configured
'smtp.gmail.com' to use port 25.
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> There are also instructions as to how to set up the account at
> the gmail end. If port 25 doesn't work, then somebody goofed when he
> edited the config file, but I'm pretty sure that if you follow
> gmail's instructions, they will tell you that it should be 465. I've
> appended the entries for interest's sake - they might vary from
> market to market.
I am reasonably certain that Gmail doesn't work with port 25. The server is
there, but they don't accept message submission connections. At least they
didn't the last time I tested. Gmail seems to be familiar with RFC 5321, but
Microsoft is still stuck in their own Internet fantasy world.
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Norman
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