Enabling Port 25

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I am unable to sent SMTP mail using Outlook Express or Outlook 2000 on a
Windows XP home machine.

These accounts work on other machines. Have run netstat and Port 25 appears
to be disabled on this system. I have an external firewall (Linksys) which
has the necessary ports open and I have disabled the built-in firewall and
would prefer not to use it if at all possible.

Is there a way to enable port 25 without using the built-in XP home firewall?
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