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Posted on August 24, 2017

smtp.gmail.com:465 not sent mail

How do I unblock port 465?



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telnet smtp.gmail.com 587

Trying 74.125.24.108… Trying 74.125.24.109… Trying 2404:6800:4003:c03::6c… telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Network is unreachable

telnet smtp.gmail.com 465

Trying 74.125.24.108… Trying 74.125.24.109… Trying 2404:6800:4003:c03::6c… telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Network is unreachable

sudo nmap -sS -p 20-2550 localhost

Starting Nmap 7.01 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2017-08-25 00:38 UTC Nmap scan report for localhost (127.0.0.1) Host is up (0.000017s latency). Not shown: 2528 closed ports PORT STATE SERVICE 22/tcp open ssh 25/tcp open smtp 80/tcp open http

Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 1.77 seconds

Outgoing connections on port 25 / 587 / 465 blocked

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