[Mimedefang] SMTP

Ben Kamen bkamen at benjammin.net
Mon May 9 15:45:36 EDT 2005


Christopher Roberts wrote:
> Thanks for the very quick response!
> 
> 
>>Have you tried sending an email to them by hand?
> 
> 
> Okay, so here's where I reveal my ignorance! How would I do that? Just a
> pointer would be helpful - do you just mean in sendmail, or is there a
> way to send SMTP commands manually?
> 

You literally telnet on P:25 to their SMTP server and type the commands by hand. 
If you still get the error - something is wrong on their end.

I do it all the time in the same context to prove to people it's THEIR server 
and not mine.

   -ben



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