linuxgeek: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Two users on one computer

On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 07:43:18PM +1000, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> Scott says:
> [...]

> | If your ISP uses a secure server, then it would read something like
> |
> | set smtp_url="smtps://john:1234@smtp.example.com:465
> |
> | 465 is the standard port for smtps. However, always check with your ISP,
> | or read their setup information for sending mail. Gmail uses
> | authentication and TSL, I believe, and for sending, you need to use port
> | 587. The last time I looked, their help site said that you could either
> | one, but thanks to a post in their forums by K. Frazier, I found that
> | 587 seems to be necessary.
>
> Actually, 465 is just distressingly common, not standard. The
> standard is 25 (plain old SMTP) using the STARTTLS common to enter
> TLS before delivering the message.

Great, thank you. I'll fix that on the page today.

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