[Dovecot] change smtp port

[Amira Othman]

And there is no way to receive incoming  emails not on port 25 ?



> Hi all
> 
> I am using postfix 2.8 with dovecot-1.2.17-0_116.el5 on cento 5.7 server .
> when I changed smtp port from 25 to 587 from postfix configuration my mail
> server stops to receive emails.

That's normal.

> I think it sounds strange and I don't understand why this happen any
> one can help me

Mail from other systems comes in via port 25. Once you change the
port, nobody can send mail to your server. Easy, no?

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