SMTP SSL on Port Other than 25

I've just spent six frustruating hours trying to get Outlook XP to use SSL/TLS over SMTP on a port
other than 25. Why? Because the ISP I use when I travel - AOL - has some idiot system in place that
redirects any attempts to connect to any computer's port 25 to their own mailservers. So I can't
access my personal mail server from on the road.

Now, based on everything that I saw in the email account configuration dialog box for Outlook this
ought to be a piece of cake. Just click the box on the Connection tab of the Advanced settings to
indicate SSL, specify the port number and voila!

Unfortunately, this is Outlook, probably one of the crappiest email clients ever created, from one
of the lowest-quality software developers in the history of the industry. And that, as the old
saying goes, is really saying something.

I know the SSL/TLS subsystem on my mail server is working fine, because I >>can<< connect on the
standard smtp port, 25.

So what's the solution? I've come across references to some kind of post Office XP SP3 hotfix (I
have SP3 installed; the OS is Windows XP SP2, up-to-date) that may cure the problem. Is this true?
If so, how do I get it? I couldn't find anything in the download section of the Outlook website.

- Mark
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