d22552000 Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Is it possible...? I want to use my normal PHP mail scripts and such, but my ISP blocks port 25 SMTP calls. They told me: "If your smtp server uses something other than port 25, you can use smtp.". Is there a way to send the call on say.. port 26.. and have it recieved on port 25 to where I am sending it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbo Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 If it's your box you can probably configure it to listen on a different port, if it's hosted probably not. The other alternative is to use someone elses SMTP server Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d22552000 Posted August 15, 2007 Author Share Posted August 15, 2007 you dont understand my problem. THey block port 25 NO MATTER WHAT. If its a server I host, unusable. If its an external server, UNCONNECTABLE. I tried the secure smtp server at port 443 but they have that blocked too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbo Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 That's why I said if it's a server you control you could configure your SMTP server to run on a port other than 25... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d22552000 Posted August 15, 2007 Author Share Posted August 15, 2007 yes, I have it set to use SOCKETS instead of ports. /path/to/mail or whatever YES IM ON WINDOWS, I have an emulated *nix file system. It does, but it cant connect to the ports on the mail servers it sends to: gmail mail hotmail ETC ETC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbo Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 So your SMTP server failing has what to do with it being able to run on a different port? It sounds like your problem is completely different than what you're asking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d22552000 Posted August 15, 2007 Author Share Posted August 15, 2007 I had my mail server BEFORE I switched to my current isp. it worked EXACTLY the same installation beofre I switched isp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbo Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 I'm not disputing that your ISP has it blocked. What I'm saying is that if you claim to be able to get it to run on a different port correctly and then it fails to connect to an email server it's a seperate issue from what you have posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d22552000 Posted August 15, 2007 Author Share Posted August 15, 2007 but whatever port I use on my side to send, is the oprt that it tries to recieve on teh other sidee... I sometimes get another eerror saying that the mail server denied the thing on the same port... it requires a certain port. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbo Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Ah yes... outbound traffic is blocked so configurations on your end aren't going to fix anything. You'll need to use an SMTP server outside of your ISP's firewall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d22552000 Posted August 15, 2007 Author Share Posted August 15, 2007 I dont know how, but they block those requests AS WELL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbo Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 They can't block it, it's outside of their control. One issue at a time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d22552000 Posted August 15, 2007 Author Share Posted August 15, 2007 they block my outbound connection to the outside server though. Ièm not sure why though... or even how. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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