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Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587?
- From: Valdis.Kletnieks
- Date: Fri Feb 25 14:05:40 2005
On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 12:56:50 EST, andrew2@one.net said:
> Sorry, I misread that. But I still fail to see how 587 changes that.
> Trojans, viruses, etc. etc. etc. can still exploit the authentication
> system regardless of what port it operates on. Different port, same old
> problems.
It changes it only in that it becomes a *lot* easier for you to track down
which of your users has a compromised machine. (It's a lot easier to just look
at the Received: headers than have to take the hostname, chase it back through
your logs, and all that - especially if the user is roaming and just caught
something over their Aunt Tilly's unsecured wireless access point....)
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