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We need to change the information on Port 25 since the only customer type that can request this to be opened is an Enterprise Customer.
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If you created your Azure subscription prior to November 15, 2017, in addition to being able to use SMTP relay services, you can send email directly over TCP port 25. If you created your subscription after November 15, 2017, you may not be able to send email directly over port 25. The behavior of outbound communication over port 25 depends on the type of subscription you have, as follows:
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- **Enterprise Agreement**: Outbound port 25 communication is allowed. You're able to send an outbound email directly from virtual machines to external email providers, with no restrictions from the Azure platform.
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- **Pay-as-you-go:** Outbound port 25 communication is blocked from all resources. If you need to send email from a virtual machine directly to external email providers (not using an authenticated SMTP relay), you can make a request to remove the restriction. Requests are reviewed and approved at Microsoft's discretion and are only granted after anti-fraud checks are performed. To make a request, open a support case with the issue type *Technical*, *Virtual Network Connectivity*, *Can't send e-mail (SMTP/Port 25)*. In your support case, include details about why your subscription needs to send email directly to mail providers, instead of going through an authenticated SMTP relay. If your subscription is exempted, only virtual machines created after the exemption date are able to communicate outbound over port 25.
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- **MSDN, Azure Pass, Azure in Open, Education, BizSpark, and Free trial**: Outbound port 25 communication is blocked from all resources. No requests to remove the restriction can be made, because requests aren't granted. If you need to send email from your virtual machine, you have to use an SMTP relay service.
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- **Cloud service provider**: Outbound port 25 communication may be blocked for Azure customers using a cloud service provider. In cases where a secure SMTP relay can't be used, you can create a support case with your cloud service provider, and request that the provider create an unblock case on your behalf.
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- **Enterprise Agreement**: For VMs that are deployed in standard Enterprise Agreement subscriptions, the outbound SMTP connections on TCP port 25 will not be blocked. However, there is no guarantee that external domains will accept the incoming emails from the VMs. If your emails are rejected or filtered by the external domains, you should contact the email service providers of the external domains to resolve the problems. These problems are not covered by Azure support.
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If Azure allows you to send email over port 25, Microsoft can't guarantee email providers will accept inbound email from your virtual machine. If a specific provider rejects mail from your virtual machine, work directly with the provider to resolve any message delivery or spam filtering issues, or use an authenticated SMTP relay service.
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For Enterprise Dev/Test subscriptions, port 25 is blocked by default. It is possible to have this block removed. To request to have the block removed, go to the Cannot send email (SMTP-Port 25) section of the Diagnose and Solve blade in the Azure Virtual Network resource in the Azure portal and run the diagnostic. This will exempt the qualified enterprise dev/test subscriptions automatically.
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After the subscription is exempted from this block and the VMs are stopped and restarted, all VMs in that subscription are exempted going forward. The exemption applies only to the subscription requested and only to VM traffic that is routed directly to the internet.
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- **Pay-as-you-go:** Outbound port 25 communication is blocked from all resources. No requests to remove the restriction can be made, because requests aren't granted. If you need to send email from your virtual machine, you have to use an SMTP relay service.
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- **MSDN, Azure Pass, Azure in Open, Education, BizSpark, and Free trial**: Outbound port 25 communication is blocked from all resources. No requests to remove the restriction can be made, because requests aren't granted. If you need to send email from your virtual machine, you have to use an SMTP relay service.
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- **Cloud service provider**: Outbound port 25 communication is blocked from all resources. No requests to remove the restriction can be made, because requests aren't granted. If you need to send email from your virtual machine, you have to use an SMTP relay service.
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