Re: [Nmh-workers] configuring message submission port

[Paul Fox]

okay -- i can accept all that.

but at the least the documentation needs to keep up.  mts.conf.man,
mh-tailor, the FAQ, should all mention that the basic client
connectivity has changed.

paul


ken wrote:
 > >i've just build/installed latest git.  now that post defaults to port
 > >587, i'm wondering how to configure the port number back to 25.  i've
 > >found the -port option to send and post, but no mention of a means
 > >to configure this in mts.conf.  
 > 
 > Well, I guess our thinking was you could always configure this in
 > your .mh_profile, e.g.:
 > 
 > send: -port 25
 > 
 > We've been getting away with putting stuff in mts.conf ... and I'll be
 > honest, the idea of writing more code to parse entries in mts.conf really
 > does not appeal to me.
 > 
 > >the error, when attempting to send a message, is:
 > >
 > >    post: problem initializing server; [BHST] no servers available
 > >    send: message not delivered to anyone
 > >
 > >which isn't particularly indicative that it's actually the default
 > >port that's changed.
 > 
 > If you add -snoop, the errors become more verbose:
 > 
 > What now? send -server localhost -snoop
 > Trying to connect to "localhost" ...
 > Connecting to ::1:587...
 > Connection failed: Connection refused
 > Connecting to 127.0.0.1:587...
 > Connection failed: Connection refused
 > Connecting to fe80::1%lo0:587...
 > Connection failed: Connection refused
 > post: problem initializing server; [BHST] no servers available
 > send: message not delivered to anyone
 > 
 > In true nmh fashion, this was also the subject of a discussion here:
 > 
 >    http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/nmh-workers/2009-01/msg00009.html
 > 
 > >if adding a port specifier (does it need to be per-server?) to
 > >mts.conf is too hard, perhaps the "mts" parameter should gain a new
 > >"submission" alternative, which would always imply port 587.  "smtp"
 > >would continue to imply port 25.
 > 
 > My thinking is that if we're going to go that route, we really should
 > simply make the port number be configurable; we had a user who wanted
 > to speak SMTP on port 80 (yeah, I thought it was strange).
 > 
 > >(i've configured my local postfix listen on 587, so things are
 > >working, but it seems there's a documentation (or functionality) piece
 > >missing in MH.)
 > 
 > The problem is that there are more and more knobs you can adjust when it
 > comes to message submission (c.f. SASL, TLS, authentication, etc etc).
 > I don't think it makes sense to put those all in mts.conf.  Once you've
 > come to that realization then it's not very far to get to the point of
 > not adding any new features to mts.conf and stick with .mh_profile
 > customization for the vast majority of things.  This was sort-of hashed
 > out this July:
 > 
 >   http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/nmh-workers/2014-07/msg00000.html
 > 
 > --Ken
 > 
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