Re: Send and receive mail on different ports?

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Send and receive mail on different ports?
\ Charlie Farinella (16 Nov 2007)
. \ Eric F Crist (16 Nov 2007)
. \ Noel Jones (16 Nov 2007)
. \ Jeff Larsen (16 Nov 2007)

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Subject:	Re: Send and receive mail on different ports?
Group:	Postfix-users
From:	Jeff Larsen
Date:	16 Nov 2007

On Nov 16, 2007 9:19 AM, Charlie Farinella
<cfarinella> wrote:
> We have a hosted server where the hosting company blocks outward traffic
> on port 25 and we need to have this server send reports, notifications
> etc. via postfix. If I cannot get them to open port 25 outbound, is
> there a way for me to set up postfix to receive incoming mail on port
> 25, and send outgoing via port 26? I've googled around, but haven't
> found anything.

Sure, you can use a transport map to specify the outgoing port, but
unless you control the receiving end as well, it won't do you any
good. You have to send mail to the port on which the *receiving*
server is listening.