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) ......
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