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Re: [cobalt-users] Sendmail's Port 113 requests??



----- Original Message -----
From: "Sai Sivanesan" <sai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 4:55 PM
Subject: [cobalt-users] Sendmail's Port 113 requests??


> Every time I send an e-mail out using our cobalt box, the server sends a
> request on the AUTH port - port 113 - what is it looking for?
>

If  I remember correctly 113 is used for the ident call.  It is not 100%
necessary and not needed per RFC so I wouldn't really worry about it.

However, on the other hand there are a few mail servers out there that
require the ident lookup before they will accept mail.  If you have 113
blocked by a firewall and get rejected mail then that may be the cause.

Anyway,  I can look into it a bit more for exact facts if you want.  This is
just what I recall of the top of my mostly cluttered brain.

chuck