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How to setup the firewall to allow email traffic?
One of the things the hacker recently did was destroy my ability to check for new email using the macOS email app. The app currently allows me to check iCloud.com email, but not POP accounts that are on my own server. I’m not sure if something needs to be added to my firewall to make it work or not. Briefly I added an input rule that allowed all TCP traffic for all addresses, but this still didn’t fix the problem. So I removed that rule just in case it’s a security threat. I’ve even tried finding videos on YouTube to learn what I need to do, but could not find one specific enough to my situation.
Please advise.
Thank you.
By the way, why is it so difficult to add a screenshot to a post? I clicked the picture icon and all it did was produce the following, and it didn’t give me a chance to upload a photo.
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Hey @spendlove,
So, the firewall configuration would be only to allow traffic to go from and to the e-mail account. That would be ports 993 and 995 for IMAP and POP and 465 and 587 for SMTP.
This doesn’t mean it will save you from any malicious attempts. IN 99% of the cases, the vulnerability which caused the hacking itself was either with an outdated service or an outdated website.
In the future, I’ll recommend always keeping your applications and service up to update, and that most of the time should be enough. Additionally, keep your passwords secure and make sure to regularly update them.
As for the image, here is the code behind it:
In the [image alt text] you need to put your caption and (https://assets.digitalocean.com/public/mascot.png) you need to put al ink to the image.
Something like this: