does MailScanner use port 587?

Jules Field MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Fri Aug 28 17:10:19 IST 2009


No difference whatsoever. MailScanner doesn't care where the message 
came from.

On 28/08/2009 10:19, Jeff A. Earickson wrote:
> Julian,
>
> A brain cramp here...  Does it make any difference to MailScanner
> if sendmail listens on both ports 25 and 587?  Does MailScanner
> treat email via 587 any differently than email from port 25?
> Advice on using port 587 (or not) please?
>
> The flow is sendmail-in -> MailScanner -> sendmail -> delivery,
> so I wouldn't think that port numbers would matter, right?
>
> Jeff Earickson
> Colby College

Jules

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