Feb 152012
Sending email using raw SMTP commands
Answer:
You can send email(s) by connecting to your SMTP server, and using raw SMTP commands.
E.g. assume your SMTP is localhost, listening port 25, enter the commands in bold
# telnet localhost 25
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.localdomain.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 smtp.example.com ESMTP Postfix (Ubuntu)
helo localhost
250 smtp.example.com
mail from: [email protected]
250 2.1.0 Ok
rcpt to: [email protected]
250 2.1.5 Ok
data
354 End data with
This is a test mail
.
250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as BA2FD1DB96
quit
221 2.0.0 Bye
Connection closed by foreign host.
