Mail Talk SMTP and POP
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Standard SMTP Conversation
Mailserver says: 220 mailserver.domain.com SMTP ... Greetings Sender says: Helo sender.host.name Mailserver says: 250 Nice to meet you Sender says: Mail From:<sender@his.address> Mailserver says: 250 Sender ok Sender says: Rcpt To:<recipient@his.address> Mailserver says: 250 Recipient ok Sender says: Data Mailserver says: 354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself Sender says: Blah, blah, blah... Sender says: <enter>.<enter> Mailserver says: 250 Message accepted for delivery Sender says: Quit
SMTP Commands to Issue Example
HELO python.directsales.com MAIL FROM:manager@computersupply.com RCPT TO:james@directsales.com Data BLAH BLAH BLAH . QUIT
POP3 Commands to Issue Example
user krissyj pass Xiu$78g list retr 1 dele 1 retr 2 dele 2 quit