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Date:	Mon, 25 Sep 2000 09:31:44 PDT
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Programming: Re: SMTP handshaking?

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dallas kincyb wrote:
>
> Client to do what? Send, Receive, or ???

I want to do some "neat stuff" via email so I can have an autobot at
this end.

> > port 109.
>
> If I'm not mistaken, that is conventionally the port for POP 2.

Yo, you're right! I read SERVICES too quickly.

> If you are using POP 3, that should be RFC 1939

I'll grab it, thanks.

> according to my most available reference, 'Sendmail for Linux'

Hmm, that might be a good reference to look at. Where the heck are the
Linux man pages kept, do you know?

> http://www.rfc-editor.org

Yeah, that's a great site. http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfcsearch.html

> If you are using IMAP, check with rfc-editor.

Guess I need to make my client smart enough to recognize IMAP4 -- unless
it's a different port, in which case it's just part of the setup.

> When negotiations for the telnet protocol proper fail,
> most telnet programs will make a raw TCP connection,
> and you can use this to actually interact directly with
> the server you are connected to.

So I should just telnet to port 110 and see what happens, yes?

> Don't confuse SMTP and POP.

I _thought_ that SMTP was for mail between servers and POP was for the
"usually offline" client. I'm not sure why they needed two different
standards since it seems they both do the exact same work.

> They have different commands altogether.
> I don't think SMTP (what you mention in the 'Subject:')
> really has much in the way of logon requirements.

Okay, that's part of my problem -- wrong command set!

Thanks, Dallas.

- Peter

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