The long and steep learning curve in setting up a web server at the
practice on the N3 network continues.
Local PCT IT and BT have opened ports 80 and 443 for me which is good
and the server and web pages are visible within NHS network only
(which is according to plan so far).
but ... the application I have developed uses email in placed to
confirm/reset passwords etc. Normally this isn't a problem and I just
set the application to use gmail as it's smtp server. However the
ports to gmails smtp server are blocked by the router.
Starting portqry.exe -n smtp.gmail.com -e 587 -p TCP ...
Querying target system called:
smtp.gmail.com
Attempting to resolve name to IP address...
Name resolved to 209.85.229.109
querying...
TCP port 587 (unknown service): FILTERED
portqry.exe -n smtp.gmail.com -e 587 -p TCP exits with return code 0x00000002.
Now I suppose I could simply ask BT to open that port, but I dont know
if they would and it seem inelegant.
I then tried using send.nhs.net with the same settings as my Outlook
at work, i.e port 587 SSL but send.nhs.net doesn't like this from my
new server. I tried it on telnet from the new webserver.
220 smtp.nhs.net service ready
helo
250 smtp.nhs.net Hello [192.168.17.121]
mail from: [log in to unmask]
530 5.7.1 Client was not authenticated
Connection to host lost.
Press any key to continue...
So now I'm thoroughly confuzzed
server software is Win 2008 ( I had started in Ubuntu, but thats
another story!!)
any top tips from those in the know?
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