aaaahhhhhhhhhhh! (aka Incoming SMTP on 2525, Outgoing on 25)

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casslin

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Ok... I've spent hours and hours trying to get my incoming SMTP to work on Port 2525 instead of 25, outgoing should still be 25...

My ISP's mailserver is way overloaded, very slow and won;t let me send files larger than 2MB... :(

Can someone please help me?


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I search for '2525' and found a few topics, followed the instructions, but it didn;t work... I've figured out how to use SSH... I know where all the files are... I downloaded them, made backup copies, and then tried over a billion different configurations, but I can't figure out what options to change...
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Thanks,
Matt
 
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SMTP on Port 2525

hello,

does anyone know how to set-up SMTP service on Port 2525?

thanks,
matt
 
Make a simple change to exim.conf, and restart exim.

You can get some good ideas here.

Jeff
 
I've responded to your post under "General Discussion".

Please refrain from posting twice. I'm going to merge the threads and place them both under "E-Mail".

Jeff
 
Edit your exim.conf and add/modify the following line. This will allow SMTP on both ports.

daemon_smtp_ports = 25 : 2525
 
hey guys...

jlasman: thank you for your reply, I've followed the instructions you linked to exactly... I tried them several times but they didn't seem to make a difference...

toml: thank you for your reply, I added "daemon_smtp_ports = 25 : 2525" as you instructed, but it make any difference... this set seems very logical, but do i need to make a change anywhere else, such as in the "services" file?
 
ya.. i guess DA must install some weird version of Exim... or something... cause nothing seems to make a difference...

toml: Yes, I was actually restarting the whole server... whenever I clicked restart (Exim) in the DA Service Monitor area, it would just freeze... apartently that's normal cause it's always done that...

I guess i'll just have to subscribe to a 3rd party SMTP service...

the ability to specify or add an additional incoming SMTP port is difinately a feature that DA should add soon...
 
DA uses standard exim, with a custom exim.pl file.

Unless you've asked for help on the exim-users list you're going to be spending money unnecessarily on an outside service.

Wouldn't paying someone to log in to your server once and find out the problem and fix it be less expensive than buying a monthly service?

Jeff
 
yeah, I'd really prefer that option...

do you know anyone that could do that?
 
Didn't you notice any of the wording in my sig :) ?

Unfortunately I'm so busy right now that I'm not taking on any new clients for one-time work at present :( .

Jeff
 
One more thing to check, once you added the daemone_smtp_ports line and restarted, did you make sure that port 2525 was unblocked by your firewall. That is assuming you have a firewall, which is always a good idea to have.

If you are still having problems, PM me and we will work something out to get it going.
 
Did you ever get this to work? At work port 25 is blocked for me also. Looking to add port 2525 so I can send mail.
 
It works for me and most everyone else. I am assuming there was something else going one with casslin's server, such as a firewall blocking that port.
 
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