Re: Mail server question, utterly clueless but a few clues should see me on my way :)

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From: Juergen Heinzl
Date: Sat, 05 Jun 1999 00:00

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In article <oeCKwAADYFW3EwAv@snorter.demon.co.uk>, Chris Weston wrote:
>In article <928529355.14476.0.nnrp-12.d4e48b20@news.demon.co.uk>,
>Alisdair Wren <alisdair@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
>>Chris Weston <CWeston@snorter.demon.co.uk> uttered thus:
>>>I understand ip and can write the app no problem, it's just talking to
>>>the mail server that I've never done.
>>
>>Have you read the RFCs that were suggested to you earlier today?
>
>Not in depth.  To be quite honest, they go into more detail than
>I need.  I am more interested in a broad outlook of how the 
>communication works, and what I need to connect to.  The detail
>that the RFCs contain will be extremely useful once I can
>put them in context.

SMTP is a rather simple ASCII protocol and there is lot of code
around, although you can play with using sendmail or smail or any
other MTA on your own machine. Try telnet localhost 25, then type
HELP (uppercase).

Cheers,
Juergen

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