pop3 port setup

Fullmetal Chocobo

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What is the default and alternate port for sending mail? I can't remember, and I'm trying to setup my mobo monitoring software... If you wanted to enable / disable the ports for sending mail in a hardware router, which ones would you enable?
Tas.
 

SocrPlyr

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hardware routers don't normally block outgoing traffic, thus you shouldn't have to set anything up...

also sending mail would be smtp... thus a search for that should return the default ports (i don't know them)

what is your setup that you are trying to do this with? might help me understand why/how you need this done.

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Fullmetal Chocobo

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My monitoring software has the ability to send me an e-mail when voltages, fan speeds, etc get out of parameters. I want to set it up, but I can't remember the primary and alternate port for sending email. I remember is the same in setting up routers for mail. Default is :25 (port 25), and alternate is something like :143 or :995, but I'm not sure. I need to specify the alternate port, because my ISP is blocking the program from sending out of primary.
Tas.
 

Green Man

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SMTP is port 25. You can set up the connection on the email server to accept smtp on an alternate port, but you should ask the administrator what port.
I'm a little confused by the question. It sounds like you are not sending to an Email server at your ISP. What email server are you sending to?
 

Fullmetal Chocobo

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Okay, I figured it out. It is port 143, with no authorization settings (no username / password). 143 is the alternate SMTP port. Okay, thanks a lot everyone. :)
Tas.