[Tfug] Cox and Port 25

[Tom Rini]

On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 09:59:06AM -0700, Jim Secan wrote:

> At 09:48 AM 09/10/2008 -0700, you wrote:
> >Another option, if you're using gmail is just use the gmail SMTP server.
> 
> That's what I am using, and that's where I ran into the blocked port 25.  I
> am not running my own SMTP server at home, just a client (Apple Mail).  I
> don't want to run my email through Cox's servers, and I don't want to be
> tied to a Cox email address.

Ah, now that's different.  The gmail SMTP server requires you to use
port 587 (and check the SSL box in Apple Mail) because it's an
auth-required SMTP server.  That's not a Cox problem.

-- 
Tom Rini