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SMTP Over TLS on Port 26 - Implicit TLS Proposal [Feedback Request]
- Subject: SMTP Over TLS on Port 26 - Implicit TLS Proposal [Feedback Request]
- From: egon at egon.cc (James Downs)
- Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2019 08:39:26 -0800
- In-reply-to: <CAOEezJTKiE_mKYgUXiRGQ5R=Skyaw3qyy9NKdgbVmDNOwC0bkQ@mail.gmail.com>
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> On Jan 12, 2019, at 08:14, Viruthagiri Thirumavalavan <giri at dombox.org> wrote:
> My solution is intended for clients. A client should decide whether to transmit mails in clear text or not.
You should spend some time doing research by reading RFCs, and doing a little searching on the internet. Your proposal, would, canonically be called SMTPS.
If you put that into a search engine, you'll find not only is it deprecated, but has an assigned port number of 465.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMTPS