Re: LUG: Student Email - Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:07:29 -0500

Subject : Re: LUG: Student Email

From : Matt Nash <mattnash@intrex.[redacted]>

Date : Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:07:29 -0500

993 is the standard port for IMAPS -- incoming, not outgoing. Speaking
of which, IMAPS would be a great addition to the NCSU email configuration.

What I was requesting was simply adding a high port to the SMTP+auth
service currently offered on port 25.

Marhn Harvey Fullmer wrote:
> HI,
>
> Would this:
>
> http://www.utoronto.ca/ns/utormail/docs/pmwiki.php?n=UTORmail.TechnicalFAQ
>
>
> relating to use of port 993 be of interest? Not sure if applicable to
> our particular NCSU requirements but thought I'd mention it.
> Apparently some NCSU users also switch back & forth as to mail server
> they use when coming on & off campus, doing auithentification at each
> location for which email indentity may be necessary and/or possible in
> each scenario.
>
> tnx,
> Marhn Fullmer
>
> On Mon, 8 Dec 2008, Jack Neely wrote:
>
>>>>
>>> It would be good to have that service available on a high port as well
>>> -- some places block all port 25 traffic that isn't coming from their
>>> servers.
>>
>> Would you place this on the forum or (perferably) submit a help call
>> about this? (help@ncsu.[redacted]) That will ensure that we don't lose the
>> request.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jack
>>
>> --
>> Jack Neely <jjneely@ncsu.[redacted]>
>> Linux Czar, OIT Campus Linux Services
>> Office of Information Technology, NC State University
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>>
>
>

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