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<p>Pushed from Themanclub.</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>example:<br /> <br /> $ '''telnet yourmailserver.com 25'''&lt;br&gt;<br /> Trying 21.40.23.46...&lt;br&gt;<br /> Connected to yourmailserver.com.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Escape character is '^]'.&lt;br&gt;<br /> 220 mx.yourmailserver.com ESMTP Sendmail 8.12.9/8.12.9; Thu, 12 Jun 2003 10:06:19 -0700&lt;br&gt;<br /> helo frommail.com&lt;br&gt;<br /> 250 main.signalq.com Hello [12.24.14.32], pleased to meet you&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''mail from: butter22333@frommail.com'''&lt;br&gt;<br /> 250 2.1.0 butter22333@frommail.com... Sender ok&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''rcpt to: webmaster@yourmailserver.com'''&lt;br&gt;<br /> 250 2.1.5 webmaster@yourmailserver.com... Recipient ok&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''data'''&lt;br&gt;<br /> 354 Enter mail, end with &quot;.&quot; on a line by itself&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Subject: test message'''&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''this is a test&lt;br&gt;'''<br /> '''.'''&lt;br&gt;<br /> 250 2.0.0 h5CH6GVI015806 Message accepted for delivery&lt;br&gt;<br /> quit&lt;br&gt;<br /> 221 2.0.0 mx.yourmailserver.com closing connection&lt;br&gt;<br /> Connection closed by foreign host.&lt;br&gt;</div>

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