All issued commands must yield a response. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry Patterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 11:52 AM Subject: SMTP Testing
> I am helping someone test SMTP through telnetting into port 25. > > Should any SMTP server respond to each command? > I do a 'mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[ENTER]' > and after a couple of seconds it respnds OK, blah.. > > Then I do 'rcpt to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[ENTER]' > and it sits there and acts stupid... no response after that. > I have tried using a valid username in the domain and also tried sending to > an outside address (myself) > > Although after I left the telnet window up for about 2 minutes the window > just closed... > > When I telnet to our SMTP server I get responses very quick on each command. > > Barry > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
