Re: firewall outgoing mail

Thad Floryan wrote:
On Sep 29, 4:42 pm, Maxwell Lol <nos...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
elie <mazz...@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
is it possible to add a fire wall that will stop a server from sending
any outgoing mail,
Sure. Block outgoing conections to the SMTP port - 25.

And port 587. Port 25, SMTP, = "transport", 587 is email injection.
Many
ISPs block port 25 now in a misguided attempt to stop spam.

And tcp/465 for smtps. How long before ISPs block them all, I wonder?
.

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