Email Ports

[stund]

Hey everyone!

I am a user of direct admin - not a host or anything. I am trying to get my Windows Mail (Outlook Express) to connect to my mail server (which is roundcube on DA). I can get it to connect to receive incoming mail.. but not to send mail.

Could anyone please tell me what port I should be using, if it should be using SSL, etc.

Thanks for kind help!
Stund

[chatwizrd]

Some internet providers block port 25 so you are forced to use their mail servers to send out email. By default exim is bound to port 587 as well so you can try to use that port instead of port 25. Unless your provider has setup ssl you should not use it.

[nobaloney]

Just a short note to add that port 587 requires authentication if you're going to use it for outgoing email; either by password, or by attempting to retrieve email before sending (Outlook express does it wrong; they try to send before receiving, and the first try to port 587 will always fail unless you set up password authentication).

DirectAdmin is a very configurable system, and there's no way for us to know how your provider has configured the server you use; your best bet is to contact your provider to ask for help.

Jeff

[spoonfed]

Great, this was just the information i was looking for. I'm just configuring my server and wanted to offer my customers a secondary smtp port since a lot of isp's block 25. :)

Just to be sure, if i wanted to change it from 587 i just change this line in exim.conf?

daemon_smtp_ports = 25 : 587

[jlandes]

That should do it. Remember to restart Exim after making the change and make sure your firewall rules are updated to reflect the change.