Port 174mailq
Port 174 is assigned to the obscure MAILQ service, associated with historical mail-queue software.
- transport
- tcp · udp
- in transit
- cleartext
- assignment
- official
- risk
- 1/10
- lookups
- 0
2 transports registered
payload readable on path
registered with iana
safe
rank 994 of 1,976 · top 50%
Technical Details
what runs on :174no technical write-up for :174 yet
the handshake, the implementations you meet in the wild, the flags that matter. we have the registry entry — the detail comes from the engineers who run it.
Security Information
exposure of :174risk score
1/ 10safe
routine exposure. this port is rarely the way in on its own — keep it patched and logged and move on.
email averages 3.5 across 50 ports — this one sits 2.5 below.
in transit
cleartext
credentials and payloads are readable by anyone on path
assignment
official
registered with iana for this service — scanners fingerprint it by number
reachable over
tcp · udp
udp is connectionless — source addresses are trivially spoofed and it is a reflection favourite
security overview
no security notes recorded for :174 yet
known exploits, hardening advice, what a compromise looks like — suggest an edit if you know its exposure.
Related Ports
the 8 most looked-up other ports in email — 50 ports carry that label.
| port | service | risk | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| :143 | IMAP | TCPUDP | caution | 20.7k | |
| :995 | POP3S | TCPtls | caution | 18.8k | |
| :109 | POP2 | TCP | caution | 17.9k | |
| :2096 | cPanel SSL Webmail | TCPtls | Web Services | safe | 17.4k |
| :110 | POP3 | TCP | caution | 15.5k | |
| :993 | IMAPS | TCPtls | caution | 14.5k | |
| :1352 | Lotus Notes RPC | TCP | caution | 12.3k | |
| :24 | Private Mail | TCPUDP | caution | 11.7k |
risk mix of the 8 listed
- safe13%
- caution88%
3 of 8 encrypted