[SATLUG] using telnet to send emails

[Jon Mark Allen]

On 12/28/07, Chris Lemire <good_bye300 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> How can I send an email using telnet and my mail server including my
> name. For example.
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> chris at ubuntu:~$ telnet localhost 25
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> Connected to localhost.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 220 ubuntu ESMTP Postfix (Ubuntu)
> HELO server.com
> 250 ubuntu
> MAIL FROM: Chris L.
> 555 5.5.4 Unsupported option: >.
> MAIL FROM: Chris
> 555 5.5.4 Unsupported option:
> MAIL FROM: Chris username at gmail.com
> 555 5.5.4 Unsupported option: username at gmail.com
> MAIL FROM: "Chris user at gmail.com"
> 250 2.1.0 Ok
> MAIL FROM: "Chris L. user at gmail.com"
> 503 5.5.1 Error: nested MAIL command
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Like this:

MAIL FROM: Jon Mark Allen <username at not-a-real-domain.com>

Likewise you could do:

RCPT TO: SATLUG <satlug at satlug.org>

to include the recipient's address.

Are you using telnet to verify SMTP functions or you simply want to
send email the old fashioned way?  If it's the former, swaks [1] is an
excellent perl script that eases the process significantly.  It shows
the SMTP conversation in the terminal so there is no question about
what is going on.  I used to use telnet, but I really love swaks.

Probably more info than was asked for, but....

JM

[1] http://www.jetmore.org/john/code/#swkas

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