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Date:      Thu, 10 May 2001 12:24:43 +0000
From:      David Banning <sky_tracker@yahoo.com>
To:        Rasputin <rara.rasputin@virgin.net>
Cc:        David Banning <david@banning.com>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: sendmail - masquerading user name
Message-ID:  <20010510122443.A3434@yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010510095951.C81644@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>; from rara.rasputin@virgin.net on Thu, May 10, 2001 at 09:59:51AM %2B0100
References:  <20010508122131.A27691@yahoo.com> <200105100019.UAA00799@scarlet.my.domain> <20010510005356.C526@yahoo.com> <20010510095951.C81644@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>

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> If you want the SMTP service, look up the MXesv for the domain:
> 
> [rasputin@dogma rasputin]$ dig yahoo.com mx
> 
> <snip>
> 
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> yahoo.com.              21m17s IN MX    1 mx3.mail.yahoo.com.
> yahoo.com.              21m17s IN MX    9 mta-v6.mail.yahoo.com.
> yahoo.com.              21m17s IN MX    1 mx1.mail.yahoo.com.
> yahoo.com.              21m17s IN MX    1 mx2.mail.yahoo.com.
> 
> 
> Telnet to port 25 (smtp) opens a session to tthe smtp port of the mailserver.
> Since that's how your mail client sends mail, you need to be
> able to hit port 25 to send mail. 

This is helpful.  Thanks.

> Although I doubt a web-based mail service
> would let you send mail through them like that. Then again...

works for me...
bash-2.03$ mail -v david@banning.com
Subject: test
test message
EOT

david@banning.com... Connecting to smtp.mail.yahoo.com via relay...
220 smtp014.mail.yahoo.com ESMTP
>>> EHLO d.tracker
250-smtp014.mail.yahoo.com
250-PIPELINING
250 8BITMIME
>>> MAIL From:<sky_tracker@yahoo.com>
250 ok
>>> RCPT To:<david@banning.com>
250 ok
>>> DATA
354 go ahead
>>> .
250 ok 989510681 qp 88007
david@banning.com... Sent (ok 989510681 qp 88007)
Closing connection to smtp.mail.yahoo.com


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