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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.  I'm pretty sure submission was a thing _two_ decades ago,
though IIRC not all that big a thing.  (Mind you, it may not have been
on the port it's on today, but there was something SMTPish that was
designed for MUA submissions, on a separate port.)

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