In article <1125536929.563711.304190@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups. com>,
"Xah Lee" wrote:

> as far as i know, port 587 is used for SMTP as a workaround because
> many high speed ISP providers block port 25 to prevent spammers going
> thru their line.
>
> does anyone know if this is just a common practice, or if 587 is in
> some standard spec or recommendation?

RFC 2476, Message Submission.

Is there a reason you couldn't do your own search at www.rfc-editor.org?

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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
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Barry Margolin wrote:
> In article <1125536929.563711.304190@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups. com>,
> "Xah Lee" wrote:
>
>
>>as far as i know, port 587 is used for SMTP as a workaround because
>>many high speed ISP providers block port 25 to prevent spammers going
>>thru their line.
>>
>>does anyone know if this is just a common practice, or if 587 is in
>>some standard spec or recommendation?
>
>
> RFC 2476, Message Submission.
>
> Is there a reason you couldn't do your own search at www.rfc-editor.org?
>

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