Re: telnet problem

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Thank you. I assume this <enter> after each line (which ok's each command)??

"Barry" wrote:

> Generally you wouldn't logon to an SMTP server (unless authentication is
> required).
> For a typical SMTP session It should be something like the following (each
> line is a new command followed by return).
>
> telnet
> open mail.server.com 25
> helo a
> mail from: email@xxxxxxxxxxx
> rcpt to: recipaints@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> data
> body text goes here.
> ..
> quit
>
> If your going to use pop3 to check your email then it would be more like
> this
>
> telnet
> open mail.server 110
> user usernamegoeshere
> pass passwordhere
> list
> retr n (to retrieve the message where n is the message number)
> dele n (delete a message by the list number)
> quit
>
> (if you don't quit out changes will be lost)
>
> "nodoz" <nodoz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:C83FD527-188E-4C9F-97E6-D34D38EF45F8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >I want to use telnet to help troubleshoot email issues. From a cmd prompt i
> > write
> >
> > telnet mail.server details 25 (or pop)
> >
> > then after getting the ok i write
> >
> > USER full username@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > But at this point i get a 502 unimplemented message.
> >
> > Does anyone know what this means for certain or if someone can show the
> > correct syntax for verifying username and password etc.
> >
> > thanks
>
>
>
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