# Email connection using port 25, rather than default 587

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-connection-using-port-25-rather-than-default-587/239259>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [September 17, 2022, 6:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-connection-using-port-25-rather-than-default-587/239259 "2022-09-17T06:47:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 8:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-connection-using-port-25-rather-than-default-587/239259/2 "2022-09-17T08:25:08Z")

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Yes, I think I can substantiate that with source code:

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/ef505c0b73908ed1a8544656ea13661e7eddd279/config/discourse_defaults.conf#L74>

The last commit was 9 years ago, so this has probably been the default for a while! 🕰

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/d/2/e/d2e4b760edf9fc3af9cbe55d56d4d9248fe11937.png)

Moved this to #Contribute > Bug even though it’s not a code issue, it’s almost certainly incorrect in the settings template?

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