[Gllug] nullmailer or ssmtp

[Nix]

On 30 Mar 2012, t. clarke verbalised:

> I have never used secure smtp,  but the info I have indicates that it is done
> over a completely different port to 25, which is used for (unsecure) smtp only.
>
> Why not try ordinary smtp over port 25 and if that works, fine!
>
> Do you really need secure smtp anyway? - the vast majority of emails are
> sent over the internet (to the best of my knowledge) using ordinary smtp.

Most submission these days -- pretty much all submission not on a
private LAN -- requires authenticated SMTP or some other authenticated
protocol. Anything else will be exploited by spammers before you can say
'enlargement'.

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