[NTLUG:Discuss] Can sendmail listen on multiple ports?

[Richard Geoffrion]

Well, I don't understand why that's there, but I'LL TAKE IT!

Thank you VERY much for noticing that!

-Richard
-----Original Message-----
From: Marcus Patman <mpatman at usa.com>
To: discuss at ntlug.org <discuss at ntlug.org>
Date: Thursday, November 16, 2000 9:25 PM
Subject: RE: [NTLUG:Discuss] Can sendmail listen on multiple ports?


>I just installed slakware 7.1 and by default port 25 was enabled and port
>587 both serving SMTP.
>
>I disabled port 587 to just allow for the standard port. Point being it can
>be done.. I changed the following
>
># SMTP daemon options
>O DaemonPortOptions=Name=MTA
>O DaemonPortOptions=Port=25, Name=MSA, M=E
>
>in sendmail.cf
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: discuss-admin at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-admin at ntlug.org]On Behalf
>Of Egome
>Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 12:08 AM
>To: discuss at ntlug.org
>Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Can sendmail listen on multiple ports?
>
>
>Some isp's are filtering packets outbound on port 25.   OK..well it's ONE
>isp in particular who shall remain nameless but whose initials are
>B.I.G.P.L.A.N.E.T.
>
>At any rate, when the user is on the road, he cannot contact his mail
server
>(or any other mail server) to send his mail.  The ISP's mail server's won't
>relay his messages because the return address is different from his isp
>email account.
>
>sooOOoOOooo, if I could make sendmail listen on ports 25 AND say...2525, we
>could BYPASS the SMTP filter.
>
>So, can it be done?  I have yet to find out how to make it listen on BOTH
>ports?  Am I missing something?
>
>-Richard
>
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