Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 08:43:15 -0500 (EST) From: Brian Clapper <bmc@WillsCreek.COM> To: leifn@image.dk (Leif Neland) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendmail Question Message-ID: <199801171343.IAA03928@current.willscreek.com> In-Reply-To: <c5e_9801170209@swimsuit.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk> References: <Pine.UW2.3.95.980115100721.614C-100000@cedb> <c5e_9801170209@swimsuit.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk>
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On 16 January, 1998, at 01:51 (+0100) Leif Neland <leifn@image.dk> wrote: > At 15 Jan 98 19:11:33 Dan Busarow wrote regarding Re: sendmail Question > > DB> From memory a cron entry like > DB> > DB> */15 * * * * telnet your.isp smtp;echo ehlo your.domain;echo > DB> etrn @your.domain; sleep 5; echo quit > DB> > DB> should connect and have your ISP send all your mail. > > I don't think so. But you _will_ get lots of mail. Containing the lines ehlo > your.domain, etrn @your.domain, quit. > > You need to feed this into telnet, including the sleep; not a straightforward > thing. The netcat (`nc') utility is far better suited for this sort of thing than telnet. See the ports collection. ----- Brian Clapper, bmc@WillsCreek.COM, http://WWW.WillsCreek.COM/ The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity; the rest is overhead for the operating system.
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