mail from the command line ??

[Dave Ihnat]

On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 04:42:29PM -0400, bruce wrote:
> as a test, I have mailx (also have sendmail)

Of course, you can always do it the way we used to--still do for some
testing:

    #telnet localhost 25
    220 foo.bar.com ESMTP Sendmail 8.14.4/8.14.4/Debian-2ubuntu2; Mon 16 Sep
    2013 16:00:28 -0500; (No UCE/UBE) logging access from:
    localhost(OK)-localhost [127.0.0.1]
    HELO foo.bar.com
    250 foo.bar.com Hello localhost [127.0.0.1], pleased to meet you
    MAIL From:krod at foo.bar.com
    250 2.1.0 krod at foo.bar.com... Sender ok
    RCPT To:joker at batman.com
    250 2.1.5 joker at batman.com... Recipient ok
    DATA
    354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself
    Well, Batman, I see you and Joker are friends now.
    .
    250 2.0.0 r8ELmS57124111 Message accepted for delivery
    quit
    Connection closed by foreign host.
    #

In the above, the lines starting with codes are the responses from the MTA.

Of course, there are some gotchas today.  It may not be on port 25.  You
may not have 'telnet', or have access to it.  And if the connection
requires authentication, there's more armwaving; for something like that,
see:

  http://www.ndchost.com/wiki/mail/test-smtp-auth-telnet

(I can do the above from memory; I have to look up the AUTH sequence.)

Cheers,
--
	Dave "don't need no stinkin' MUA" Ihnat
	dihnat at dminet.com