Monday, September 14, 2009

simulate smtp session

Having problems with sending mail?
You might want to try to simulate a smtp session to see what goes wrong exactly.

Start a msdos prompt and type:

C:\WINDOWS>telnet smtp.xs4all.nl 25

Your smtp may be different offcourse.

Trying 194.109.6.51...
Connected to smtp.xs4all.nl.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 smtp-vbr11.xs4all.nl ESMTP Sendmail 8.13.8/8.13.8; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:03:50 +0200 (CEST)

Type “helo” followed by your domain

   helo bogusdomain.nl
250 smtp-vbr11.xs4all.nl Hello xxxxxxxxx [a.b.c.d], pleased to meet you

Type “mail from:” followed by your email address

   mail from:[email protected]
250 2.1.0 [email protected]... Sender ok

Type “rcpt to:” followed by your email address

   rcpt to:[email protected]
553 5.3.0 [email protected]... Relaying denied,Authenticate with your username and password first

Now we see what is wrong here. This server doesn’t allow me to relay.
Type “quit” to exit.

   quit
221 2.0.0 smtp-vbr11.xs4all.nl closing connection
Connection closed by foreign host.

If you didn’t get an error after “rcpt-to:”, continue with:

250 2.1.5 Ok
   data
354 End data with <CR><LF>.<CR><LF>
   hello hugo

   .
250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as 60D2A4A24A

  quit
221 2.0.0 Bye

Mail should arrive now.

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Elevated (dos) prompt

Some actions require an elevated dos prompt.
The fastest way:

  • Click on the Windows (start) button
  • type: cmd in the search bar
  • hold down ctrl+shift and then press enter

NOTES:

  • Do not try to do this from the Run box (Win+R), this MUST to be done through the search bar.
  • UAC must be enabled otherwise it won’t work