[governance] Use of SMTP server at the Meeting

[Stephane Bortzmeyer]

On Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 11:59:46AM +0000,
 Dave Kissoondoyal <dkissoondoyal at hotmail.com> wrote 
 a message of 22 lines which said:

>    I have noticed that in the meeting email clients like MS outlook
>    or outlook express cannot be used to send emails.

This is because ITU does not like HTML email and Microsoft ads at the
end of the message :-)

>    I have been using my company's SMTP server in Mauritius for
>    sending emails. While I am here, I am unable to connect to our
>    SMTP server.

It is extremely common, for local networks such as ITU's, to prevent
direct access to port 25 (SMTP) of outside servers. This is an obvious
anti-virus and anti-spam measure, to make more difficult for Windows
infected boxes to send email.

You typically have to go through a local (ITU) SMTP server (not on
your machine, since it is not authorized) or use Mail Submission (port
587).

Details should be asked to the ITU support team (who knows better and
does not have to guess), not to this list.
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