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Opening SMTP port 25
- Posted on August 27, 2023
- DigitalOcean in the news
Asked by 43742e0a278c4aa39105acbdca545e
I am folowing a tutorial on how to test Gophish on my own email ids folowing this tutorial which mentions writing a ticket to you asking to open port 25 youtube.com/watch?v=S6S5JF6Gou0
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Heya,
port 25 is closed for external use. There are a few ways to go about the problem
To expand more on blocking port 25 for new accounts, this is something DigitalOcean has been doing to reduce spam on it’s network. It is more that we simply cannot accurately determine who is going to send it.
Stopping spam is a constant fight, so DigitalOcean has implemented some restrictions on newer accounts. Having said that, you can always contact them and ask for the port block to be lifted on:
https://www.digitalocean.com/support/
More information here:
https://docs.digitalocean.com/support/why-is-smtp-blocked/
Hope that helps!
Hi there,
Port 25 is closed for external uses for new accounts. There are a few ways to go about the problem with the best being to try using ports like 465 or 587 for SMTP.
To expand more on blocking port 25 for new accounts, is something DigitalOcean has been doing to reduce spam on its network. It is more that we simply cannot accurately determine who is going to send it.
Stopping spam is a constant fight, so DigitalOcean has implemented some restrictions on newer accounts. Having said that, you can always contact them and ask for the port block to be lifted on:
https://www.digitalocean.com/support/
More information here:
https://docs.digitalocean.com/support/why-is-smtp-blocked/
Hope that helps!
Best,
Bobby