Manual page for MCONNECT(8)
mconnect - connect to SMTP mail server socket
SYNOPSIS
/usr/etc/mconnect
[
-p port
] [
-r
] [
hostname
]
DESCRIPTION
mconnect
opens a connection to the mail server on a given host, so that it
can be tested independently of all other mail software.
If no host is given, the connection is made to the local host.
Servers expect to speak the Simple Mail
Transfer Protocol (SMTP) on this connection.
Exit by typing the
quit
command. Typing
EOF
will send an end of file to the server.
An interrupt closes the connection immediately and exits.
OPTIONS
- -p port
-
Specify the port number instead of the default
SMTP
port (number 25) as the next argument.
- -r
-
``Raw'' mode: disable the default line buffering and input handling.
This gives you a similar effect as
telnet
to port number 25, not very useful.
FILES
- /usr/lib/sendmail.hf
-
help file for
SMTP
commands
SEE ALSO
sendmail.8
Postel, Jonathan B
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol,
RFC821
August 1982,
SRI
Network Information Center
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Last modified 11/5/97
