[NTLUG:Discuss] Switching ISPs - Earthlink uses port 587 for email???

[Daniel Hauck]

I have had to deal with a similar problem during my last visit to Japan. 
  It seems the "ISP uses 587 and blocks outgoing SMTP" solution is used 
everywhere in abundance.  Worse still is when a user subscribes to the 
service of another ISP or mail service and they can't send to their 
email server because both SMTP *and* 587 are commandeered by the 
currently connected ISP preventing the access to alternative outgoing 
mail services.

I'm going to hate this part of moving to Japan.  Out here, I can run my 
own mail server.  Over there, I'll be lucky to send email at all!


Stephen Davidson wrote:
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> Greetings.
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> I am switching my ISP.  Earthlink uses port 587 for receiving email.  I
> am using SuSE 10.1 & Sendmail for my local mail server.  I have been
> Googling all over the place, and while finding lots of stuff to get
> Sendmail to listen on the 'Submission' port, nothing about how to get it
> to forward/transmit to the Smart_host on that port.  I've been at this
> longer than I care to admit to, and would love even a pointer from somebody?
> 
> - -Steve