torrc file changes and features - reversal request & possible bug.

[Anon Mus]

Hans Schnehl wrote:
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>> Not sure whats going on.. could it be a port 25 build circuit problem??
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> Don't know about the rest, but it certainly is not a good idea to choose smtp
> port 25.
> Even in Tor's default configutration reject *:25  is standard, and I doubt
> someone would deliberarely modify this. 
> Gmail though accepts port 587 (encrypted traffic) which works just fine.
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> Regards
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Thank you Hans.

I was using another port (could be 587 or 465 but can't say now though) 
before xmas, when that port started failing to connect all the time, so 
I swapped to port 25.

I'll try 587 now to send this.

Regards,

-K-