Re: [squid-users] Sending mail through port 80

> wh_at_msdrd.com wrote:
> >My ISP SMTP server accepts connections to port 80 instead of 25. I am
> >unable to send mail using this server from the LAN because squid catches
> >all the traffic through port 80. How can I tell squid to ignore or not
> >cache connections to that server? Would that still work?

On 05.12.08 01:24, Amos Jeffries wrote:
> Once the connections reach squid its far too late to ignore them.
>
> Your ISP is offering severely broken service and needs a good yelling
> at. Providing a public service over port-80 is downright foolish.
>
> There are several different ranges of port available (25, 587-589, and
> 15**) for SMTP servers under various scenarios and security needs.

check if they don't use 587 and/or 465 (the latter should be SSL'ed, the
former may be TLS'ed). If they don't, ask for it.

I understand some mail providera may run smtp (pop3, imap) on port 80,
because there are firewalls blocking anything but 80 (and maybe 443) and not
inspecting it... However both behaviours are buggy and should be avoided

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