[Cialug] [OT] AV test

Jeffrey Ollie jeff at ocjtech.us
Tue Oct 6 09:09:13 CDT 2009


On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 9:01 AM, Lathrop Preston <lathrop at prestonfam.org> wrote:
> It isn't really something I would even like to try to build at the
> telnet level... I could probably do it but YUCK.
>
> On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Daniel A. Ramaley
> <daniel.ramaley at drake.edu> wrote:
>> On 2009-10-06 at 08:52:12, Jeffrey Ollie wrote:
>>>Hmm, how soon it is that everyone forgets the power of telnet to send
>>> email:
>>
>> I use that all the time. Unfortunately, i don't know how to construct an
>> e-mail with attachments. I'm willing to be educated. :)

Elementary my dear Watson:

    [jcollie at lt26923 ~]$ telnet proof01.drake.edu. 25
    Trying 192.84.11.6...
    Connected to proof01.drake.edu..
    Escape character is '^]'.
    220 ***********************************************************
    EHLO lt26923.campus.dmacc.edu
    250-dial-proof01.drake.edu Hello [161.210.45.123], pleased to meet you
    250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
    250-PIPELINING
    250-8BITMIME
    250-SIZE
    250-DSN
    250-AUTH GSSAPI DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5
    250-XXXXXXXXA
    250 XXXB
    MAIL From: <jeff at ocjtech.us>
    250 2.1.0 <jeff at ocjtech.us>... Sender ok
    RCPT To: <daniel.ramaley at drake.edu>
    250 2.1.5 <daniel.ramaley at drake.edu>... Recipient ok
    DATA
    354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself
    From: <jeff at ocjtech.us>
    To: <daniel.ramaley at drake.edu>
    Subject: Test 2
    MIME-Version: 1.0
    Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="read-the-rfcs"

    --read-the-rfcs
    Content-Type: text/plain

    One must read the RFCs to gain enlightenment.
    --read-the-rfcs
    Content-Type: application/octet-stream
    Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64

    <yadda yadda yadda>
    --read-the-rfcs--
    .
    250 2.0.0 n96E5FYv008836 Message accepted for delivery
    QUIT
    221 2.0.0 dial-proof01.drake.edu closing connection
    Connection closed by foreign host.

Did no one else waste their youth writing email parsing programs?

-- 
Jeff Ollie


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