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On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 12:59:49PM -0500, Chris Meyer wrote: > The easiest way to determine where the problem might lie is, as John > said, to connect directly to the SMTP server and see what you can do--it > really is a fairly trivial task (there's a reason it's called _Simple_ > mail transfer protocol ;). Here's the basics of what to do: > > Telnet to the SMTP host, port 25. You should be greeted with something > along the lines of "220 SMTPhost.foo.com ESMTP Sendmail 8.11.6/8.11.6; > Tue, 17 Dec 2002 12:42:32 -0500" > > Type in "HELO" (or "EHLO") followed by your server name or IP address, > e.g. "HELO bar.anywhere.net" This tells the SMTP server where you're > coming from--if it's really your address or name that's being filtered, > this is where the server should barf something back at you denying you > access. > > Now you can look at the commands you have access to by typing "HELP". > Or, the simplest way, just type in something close to the following: > > MAIL FROM: <youraddress at somewhere.net> [From: header, obviously] > RCPT TO: <youraddress at somewhere.net> [To: line, obviously; note > that you just type the address in both of the above as-is, no brackets > or anything] > DATA [Hit enter here] > subject: this is a subject line [hit enter twice after the subject] > > This is the body of a message. You can type whatever you want here. > . [A period on a line by itself tells the server to send it] > > And if everything is working on their end, it should send a message to > the address you specified that says "This is the body of a message. You > can type whatever you want here." If it does get through, it probably > means there's a problem somewhere in your configurations. Thank you...I think. It worked. So, if you would, since .muttrc uses sendmail -oi -oem -t to send mail, how would I get my system to do what I just did?
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