And it worked!

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Testing mail using telnet

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George


KevinO wrote:
> 
> George Toft wrote:
> >
> > Did you do what John Albee told you to do?
> >
> > Try this:
> > telnet mail.mindspring.com 25
> > HELO mindspring.com
> > MAIL FROM: borgking@mindspring.com
> > RCPT TO: george@georgetoft.com
> > DATA
> > Testing mail using telnet
> > .
> > QUIT
> 
> I just did this with smtp.earthlink.net and it works like a champ....
> 
> I tried the above with mail.mindspring.net using borgking's address and
> mine as RCPT TO: and
> fairly promptly received :
> 
> ------ snip -----------
> Subject:
>    Date:
>          Wed, 7 Nov 2001 23:36:45 -0500 (EST)
>    From:
>          borgking@mindspring.com
> 
> testing mail sending on behalf of borgking
> this was only a test
> ------ snip -----------
> 
> Everything seems ok with both servers. I use earthlink-dialup
> through a firewall and smpt.earthlink.net is my usual outgoing
> mail server (this message included) ......
> 
> --
> Kevin O'Connor
> 
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