On Thu, Dec 16, 1999 at 12:35:59AM -0800, Mark Maggelet wrote:
> That page also mentions running smtp on a non-standard port
> as en extra security measure, but doesn't smtp have to run
> on port 25 in order to receive incoming mail from other hosts?
> forgive me if this is a dumb question.
You'd run another, non-relaying, SMTP server on port 25 to receive mail from
other hosts. The SMTP server on the secret port would just be for clients to
relay through, not for the normal delivery of your mail.
Chris
