521101 - [autoconfig] Examine which is right port for smtp.googlemail.com

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Webtools :: ISPDB Server, defect)

Description

[Thomas D. (:thomas8)]

followup from bug 490234, comment #7 and comment #8

It would be good to investigate which is the right port:

autoconfig uses port 465 for smtp.googlemail.com,
whereas google help recommends to use port 587
(even though I'm not sure if that is recent information):

http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=de&answer=77662

Comment 1

[Louie]

It seems like smtp.googlemail.com supports TLS and SSL. You just have to pick the right port.

Currently TB defaults TLS to port 25
          TB defaults SSL to port 465

If server = smtp.googlemail.com
587 - TLS => Works
465 - SSL => Works

No other combinations work. 
port 25 also doesn't support anything.

Comment 2

[Ben Bucksch (:BenB)]

The current config is to use SSL, on the SSL ports:
<http://ispdb.mozillamessaging.com/details/10>

That's consistent and logical for me. I just talked to a big ISP today, and they said they prefer SSL on the SSL ports instead of STARTTLS on the normal ports.
So, WONTFIX.

I don't think it matters much, anyways.