Re: Port number query - help needed

From: Anon (anon_at_nameless.pdf)
Date: 12/27/03 

Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 17:59:18 GMT

In article <3fed96f6$0$25978$fa0fcedb@lovejoy.zen.co.uk>,
neilhindry@_nospamthankyou_ntlworld.com says...
> I have a desktop PC running Win ME and Kerio personal firewall 2.1.5 I have
> setup all the rules I need and they all seem to be doing their job. As I
> knew
> they were working I saved the rules to disk and then imported them onto my
> laptop PC. My laptop PC runs Win XP Pro.
> Now when I try to send e-mail from Outlook Express it needs Port 1027 adding
> to the list of ports. I use Outlook Express on my desktop and it didn't need
> this port. The only difference is the firewall used. On desktop I use AVG
> and Norton on laptop.
>
> Why would this port be needed on my laptop but not on my desktop? Could it
> be to do with Norton Anti-Virus
>
> Could I have a virus, worm or Trojan or is this normal?
>
> I hope someone can help and I appreciate any help given.
>
> Thanks!!
>
>
>
Hi Neal. From your description: On Win Me machine you are running
Outlook express and Kerio firewall. On the XP machine you are
running Outlook Express and I suppose the XP firewall.
It appears to me that you may have a Local Port firewall rule problem
on the laptop maching and maybe on the Win ME machine, too.
On my Win 98, my browser, mail client, and news reader connect to
Remote Ports 80,443/110,25/and 119 (plus others). All of these
connections leave my machine on random Local Port numbers in the
range from 1025 to possibly 1200. I would suggest you set the rules
in each machine to allow this range of Local Ports. Let us know
if that helps.

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