[Info-vax] SMTP server using port 587 outgoing?

[David Froble]

JF Mezei wrote:
> On 14-09-13 06:21, Phillip Helbig---undress to reply wrote:
> 
>> Right.  He said he wanted to forward it to another account.  If that is 
>> outside his LAN then, yes, he probably needs an SMTP relay server.  But 
>> there are some which do authorization based on the IP address, so (as I 
>> do) one can use them without STMP AUTH.
> 
> If the ISP blocks port 25 traffic, and VMS is stuck on port 25, then
> there is nothing which can be done.
> 
> You need another box in your LAN which acts as the gateway/relay and
> gets VMS traffic from port 25 and then forward it to external relay with
> SMTP AUTH on 587.
> 
> At that point, it becomes simpler to move all mail traffic to that relay
> box, leaving only messages that actually originate on VMS to be relayed
> to the internal LAN relay to go out.
> 
> The other option is to get a good ISP which provides fixed IP address
> and does not block ports (generally a business account)
> 

Amusing.

Phillip says he's currently using (as in using right now) a capability, 
while others are telling him that it won't work ....