[Sussex] A cheeky request...

[Adam Smith]

Couldn't you just attempt to telnet to an SMTP server on port 25?  I
wouldn't really matter what the response was.

Feel free to use 80.168.8.206.

Adam.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Matthew Macdonald-Wallace" <matthew at truthisfreedom.org.uk>
To: "LUG email list for the Sussex Counties" <sussex at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 1:09 PM
Subject: [Sussex] A cheeky request...


> All,
>
> I'm sitting here at uni enjoying the life of being a student nurse,
however I
> have one slight issue with my net connection.
>
> The system here is locked down tighter than a camel's arse in a sandstorm
and
> as a result I can't send email from my local machine (using webmail to
send
> this one!) I've asked the sysadmins about a SMTP relay, but they say the
don't
> have one, so what I'm wondering is this:
>
> fo £15 a year, I can purchase an SMTP server for my domain hosted with
> 34sp.com, however I can't guarantee this will work, so I was wondering if
> someone on the list would be kind enough to provide me with an outside
SMTP
> server that I can test sending mail and see if it is port 25 that's
blocked or
> not before buying the SMTP function from 34sp.
>
> I know it's very cheeky, but I thought I'd ask anyways... :p
>
> cheers,
>
> Matt
> --
> Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
>
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