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Well said, Scott ! Comments inline ... Scott Klement schrieb: > E-mail isn't a "bizarre sort of telnet". They're both TCP protocols. > They both use TCP connections, the only difference is what data is sent > over that connection. > > With SMTP, your program sends the commands & data needed to transmit > e-mail. With TELNET, your program displays anything that it receives, > and sends anything that you type. That means that if you type the same > data that an SMTP client would programatically send, that you'll end up > sending mail -- just as an SMTP client does. In fact I do this for testing mailer setup difficulties, works very well. Philipp Rusch > > On Fri, 19 Apr 2002 rob@dekko.com wrote: > > > > Actually I think email is a bizarre sort of telnet. You can actually send > > an email from the server using various commands via telnet. You are NOT > > given a 5250 style screen - it's a whole different animal. > >
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