Port 3332MCS Mail Server
An obscure assignment for an MCS mail server; no widely used implementation or routine listening service is established.
- 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 993 of 4,639 · top 21%
also known as mcs-mailsvr
Technical Details
what runs on :3332MCS Mail Server is registered on port :3332 over tcp and udp to Patti Jo Newsom. We don't have a technical write-up for it beyond the IANA registry entry.
In nmap's internet-wide scan data this port is never observed open, so if it's open on your network it's more likely a custom or misconfigured service than the registered one.
find what's listening on :3332
# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :3332'
# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :3332
# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :3332nmap -sV -p T:3332 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:3332 <host>run it? the handshake, the implementations you meet in the wild and the flags that matter come from the engineers who do.
add technical detailsSecurity Information
exposure of :3332risk 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 3.2 across 61 ports — this one sits 2.2 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 :3332 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 — 61 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