No, it's not meant to be a joke - I'm trying to help you. I don't run smtp so I can't duplicate the exact thing you're trying to do. However, I have used ssh as a substitute for telnet when I had to connect to other services. As a matter of fact I did run ssh localhost smtp before I sent the last message. It asked to authenticate, then obviously, since I don't run smtp it didn't find it.
Look, you can do what you want. My whole point was that in case you didn't know it you might want to check out ssh. You didn't tell us what you were trying to do. Unfortunately, many people use telnet for a lot of reasons and don't realize how insecure it is - I know I didn't and when I finally took the time and learned ssh it's all I use now. But you may already know it all. As I said - I was only trying to help. On Saturday 27 December 2003 12:05, you wrote: > Please check it before u send it here ... > is it meant to be a joke ? > > noro > > Brett I. Holcomb wrote: > >I would assume ssh localhost smtp and see what you get back. > > > >On Saturday 27 December 2003 10:08, you wrote: > >>Brett I. Holcomb wrote: > >>>Or use openssh instead of telnet. It does everything telnet does and is > >>>more secure. > >> > >>U must know something I do not ... > >>how can u substitute " telnet localhost smtp " > >>using ssh to check if mailserver is alive ? > >> > >>noro > > > >-- > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
