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Really would like sendmail as we use it at work. I am playing with exim now but 1 mta is enough to get lost in.
Also need a different telnet client. I see that there are 2 listed, but one of them requires xinetd (don't need - don't want), and the other (putty) dosen't play well with exim. Seems that putty creates a SMTP protocol violation when it connects to port 25 - exim dosen't respond. Seems to work with sendmail though.
-Shawn
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telnet...
*shudders*
"Be conservative in what you send; be liberal in what you accept." -- Postel's Law
"tacos" -- Cactus' Law
"t̥͍͎̪̪͗a̴̻̩͈͚ͨc̠o̩̙͈ͫͅs͙͎̙͊ ͔͇̫̜t͎̳̀a̜̞̗ͩc̗͍͚o̲̯̿s̖̣̤̙͌ ̖̜̈ț̰̫͓ạ̪͖̳c̲͎͕̰̯̃̈o͉ͅs̪ͪ ̜̻̖̜͕" -- -̖͚̫̙̓-̺̠͇ͤ̃ ̜̪̜ͯZ͔̗̭̞ͪA̝͈̙͖̩L͉̠̺͓G̙̞̦͖O̳̗͍
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Try ssh to port 25... it won't work.
-Shawn
Lifted from yolinux.com:
This is a sample of the dialog an e-mail client makes when connecting to an SMTP server for sending mail:
telnet server-name 25 - SMTP communicates on port 25. See: /etc/services
HELO your-domain - This identifies the source of the mail.
HELP - List the SMTP commands that are supported. (Included FYI and not part of a typical dialog)
MAIL FROM: your-email-address
RCPT TO: recipient-email-address
DATA - End of DATA section is punctuated with a single dot on it's own line.
Subject: E-mail-Subject
Text of e-mail goes here
. - The single dot
QUIT
SMTP return codes let the e-mail client know if all went well.
See: RFC 822 for more information.
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I do know all this...I just don't like telnet anyway..
8)
Something about passwords and usernames flying around in plain text makes me shudder....
"Be conservative in what you send; be liberal in what you accept." -- Postel's Law
"tacos" -- Cactus' Law
"t̥͍͎̪̪͗a̴̻̩͈͚ͨc̠o̩̙͈ͫͅs͙͎̙͊ ͔͇̫̜t͎̳̀a̜̞̗ͩc̗͍͚o̲̯̿s̖̣̤̙͌ ̖̜̈ț̰̫͓ạ̪͖̳c̲͎͕̰̯̃̈o͉ͅs̪ͪ ̜̻̖̜͕" -- -̖͚̫̙̓-̺̠͇ͤ̃ ̜̪̜ͯZ͔̗̭̞ͪA̝͈̙͖̩L͉̠̺͓G̙̞̦͖O̳̗͍
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