Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 16:40:16 -0400 From: "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> To: "Chris Phillips" <chris@selkie.org>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: open ports Message-ID: <000b01c0e6ed$3d297a60$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0105271335310.48180-100000@shell.bchosting.com>
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> I have a couple questions regarding open ports are displayed by sockstat. > > Is there any reason why sendmail listens on port 587 as well as 25 as per > jkh's default fbsd config? > > mail sendmail 88808 5 tcp4 *.587 *.* Yes. Sendmail listens on port 587 for mail connections, just as it does on port 25. Port 587 is supposed to be used for communications between mail servers (ie relaying) and port 25 is supposed to be used for communications with clients. -- Matt Emmerton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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