>I know I have seen this on the list before but I can't seem to find the
>message. How do I telnet to the SMTP port to check if a mailbox is valid.
go to accessories:telnet
or startup:execute
telnet ip.ad.re.ss 25
will telnet to port 25 of ip.ad.re.ss
the server will respond with its banner
So it's alive so you can send : "quit" to stop here or
you send: ehlo my.hostname.com
ok
you send : mail from:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
ok
your send: rcpt to:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
354 data
you send your msg body, then hit ENTER and then keyin "." by itself
to signal end of msg body
ok 250 message queued
you send: quit
Len
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