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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

> > -----------------------------
> > telnet SMTP-server-address 25
>
> I typed:
> telnet mail.wccnet.org 25
>
> 'unable to connect to remote host   Connection refused

Maybe it was busy the first few times I tried.  This time I connected.

> Without the'25' it asks me for login and password.
>
> This isthe outgoing mail server that works in eznet.confg.
> Is it always 25?
>
> Would the message need to be typed or can it be a file name?
> Is there some easy way to add a base64 attachment this way?
>
> Can one telnet to the incoming server to read mail (or download it)?
>
> > helo

I had to type anumber after the helo.  1111 worked.
Otherwise it complained about no domain name.

> > mail from:your-email-address
It accepted my email address here at sdf.lonestar.org or
my partner's email address at stu.wccnet.org (the incoming server)

> > rcpt:recipient-email-address
I typed rcpt:keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org
"Command unrecognized:  "rcpt:.....

I tried rcpt to:keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org
'Relaying denied'.
Same for various other addresses.

Can you send mail via mail.wccnet.org even if your mail account is not 
there?  I even tried the wccnet account as the sender.

> > data
> > ===message goes here===
Assuming  I got this working, can I use a precomposed file instaed of
typing the mail online?


> > .
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> > Steven
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