On Nov 29, 2009, at 8:55 PM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
I still don't think it's a good idea until we've checked that most popular OS distros supply all their MTAs configured to accept on port 587, and we had better have a bullet-proof autoconfigurator for it. MTA issues are the biggest FAQ that we don't have a good canned answer for, and this is not going to make them fewer without a lot of "cooperation" from MTA packagers.
That would be good to know. Maybe someone would like to contribute a
script that did a bit of probing and spit out a sample configuration
file?
On this family-oriented channel, I think it is best not to describe the pain this will cause cPanel and Plesk clients.
IWBNI those folks would engage with us early (or, hmm, at all?) so
that we could at least understand their requirements.
-Barry