Microsoft KB Archive/307772

= OL2000: Outlook Cannot Pass SMTP Traffic Over Any Port But the Default (25) When You Use a Secure Connection =

Article ID: 307772

Article Last Modified on 10/2/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q307772



SYMPTOMS
If you select the This server requires a secure connection check box, and then change the port to something other than port 25, you cannot connect to Microsoft Exchange Server or any other e-mail server that requires a STARTTLS negotiation.



CAUSE
There are two different methods to obtain a secure connection for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP). The first one works as follows:
 * 1) A normal SMTP negotiation takes place.
 * 2) The client issues a STARTTLS command.
 * 3) This starts a Transport Layer Security (TLS) handshake as described in request for comments (RFC) 2246 and RFC 2487.

Outlook 2000 supports this method on the default port of 25, but not on any other port.

The second method is to use a secure socket from the very beginning. Outlook 2000 supports this method on ports other than the default port of 25.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this behavior, upgrade to Microsoft Outlook 2002; it supports STARTTLS negotiation on ports other than 25.



STATUS
This behavior is by design.

Additional query words: OL2K

Keywords: kbbug kbnofix KB307772

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