if you use EHLO instead of HELO you'll see some cooler options... --On Thursday, September 19, 2002 5:01 PM -0400 Jeremy Portzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Sep 2002, Mike Mueller wrote: > >> I was wondering about "mclean" and sometimes "barry". I tried to fake >> them out by using smtp.bogus.com and I couldn't get connected. It seems >> that I have to use a real smtp server. The second time I tried to use >> smtp.oreilly.com I got busted with a message about not allowing >> relaying. Did smtp.oreilly.com get wise the second time? Does this >> "transparent proxy" participate in the protocol enchange somehow? Is >> there a logging option I can use to watch the exchange? I could get out >> Ethereal and capture the exchange too. > > You can just telnet to port 25 and see for yourself whether you're > connecting to the real server or the proxy. SMTP is a very simple > plaintext protocol. See > http://www.siscom.net/~welter/professional/smtp.html for a sample list > (there are numerous others). All you need to know are HELO, MAIL FROM, > RCPT TO, and DATA. (Usually it will tell you after "RCPT TO" whether > relaying is allowed.) > > --Jeremy > > _______________________________________________ > TriLUG mailing list > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ: > http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html -- Daniel Monjar IS Manager, Technical Services bioM�rieux, Inc. Durham, NC US _______________________________________________ TriLUG mailing list http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ: http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html
