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Re: /etc/services losses
>>> Hm, but especially :25 was traditionally used by MUAs, no?
>>> Who used the submission port ~a decade ago?
>> User agents. [...]
> Well ok submission (not -s) seems to have been invented (RFCd) in
> 1998. BUt i am very sure i have submitted mails via MUA to port 25
> some time in the past.
Oh, certainly. So have I.
But when doing that either it's a full-fledged message or the SMTP
server in question is being nice and waving off any violations
(possibly for everyone, possibly just for configured-as-local clients).
Anyhow, this is getting off-topic for /etc/services.
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