Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:23:32 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Info and questions about Brother[tm] multifunction machine Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1202221314540.79418@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <27398.1329939821@tristatelogic.com> References: <27398.1329939821@tristatelogic.com>
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On Wed, 22 Feb 2012, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: > > In message <4F44E576.5000006@ifdnrg.com>, > Paul Macdonald <paul@ifdnrg.com> wrote: > >> On 21/02/2012 22:33, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: >>> Port 25 is apparently implementing _something_ that sort-of vaguely acts >>> like an SMTP server. However it appears to me that it only accepts e-mail >>> for one very specific email address,<...@example.com>, where the '...' >>> part is actually a long (unique?) string of letter and numbers that I found >>> on one of the config printout pages that I generated when I was installing >>> this thing. I have no idea what this is all about. I successfully sent >>> a short test e-mail to that address, manually typing in all of the necessary >>> SMTP commands (via telnet to port 25) and nothing whatsoever happened. I ha >> d >>> kind-of been expecting that what I sent (via SMTP) would be printed, but it >>> just didn't happen. Maybe I need to sent it a MIME-encoded message instead >> (?) >> ... >> I doubt you can email it print jobs... > > Well, I can't think of any other reason why the printer would be running > an SMTP _server_. I mean it isn't as if it is going to be handling > outgoing e-mail for anybody. Scan to email would use it. Possibly also it could email supplies status messages also, even to an arbitrary non-local address. "Dear owner, hope your vacation is going well. Just wanted to remind you I'm low on yellow toner. Also, I think I heard a noise downstairs. It's probably nothing."
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