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

2 transports registered

in transit
cleartext

payload readable on path

assignment
official

registered with iana

risk
1/10

safe

lookups
0

rank 993 of 4,639 · top 21%

also known as mcs-mailsvr

Technical Details

what runs on :3332

MCS 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

this machine
# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :3332'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :3332

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :3332
another host
nmap -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.

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Security Information

exposure of :3332

risk 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

all 61 in email →

the 8 most looked-up other ports in email — 61 ports carry that label.

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:143IMAPcaution
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:109POP2caution
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:110POP3caution
:993IMAPScaution
:1352Lotus Notes RPCcaution
:24Private Mailcaution

risk mix of the 8 listed

  • safe13%
  • caution88%

3 of 8 encrypted