On Fri, 10 May 2002, Tim Musson wrote: > Interesting, I never saw anyone do telnet://your_mail_server:25 from a browser > before... I tried it and all it did is launch the native telnet > application (which is what I usually do). Does it do something > different on your machine? I used Win2k... (I tend to use Putty as > Mrten also indicated - *much* better than the native telnet).
I'd probably have used telnet straight off for testing. No need to go searching for that ellusive program ;) If you find that during the telnet tests, your connection is still being dropped by your ISP, then they probably need to investigate, as it sounds like the mail server timeout is set waaaaaaay to low. > I can't recall the RFC, but I made some notes ages ago on this. Here > they are for any interested. The RFC gives the available commands and > what the response codes indicate. I use these frequently to test mail servers for open relays. One of the easiest ways than going ahead, modifying mail client settings, sending mail, changing then back... just pop open telnet/CRT/SecureCRT/Putty (or your choice), and connect :) I think the RFC you were refering to was RFC 2920. <snipped RFC commands which can be found at www.rfc-editor.org> -- Jonathan Angliss ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ________________________________________________________ Current Ver: 1.60i FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Bug Reports: https://bt.ritlabs.com
