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Re: Bash Script for Mail sending Check



On Sat,18.Apr.09, 08:04:12, Kurian Thayil wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Even I am in the same opinion as Tapani. `nc` or `nmap` actually shows
> only whether the port is open or not. But what I need is to check if an
> SMTP server is listening in that port. So I guess the best tool is
> telnet and to check 220 status.

Hhm, I thought a port cannot be "open" unless some server is *listening* 
on that port. What other server do you think would otherwise listen to 
port 25?

Regards,
Andrei
-- 
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
(Albert Einstein)

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