because mail servers respond to telnet via thier port. So do other services. Try it on other mail servers. I wouldnt actually pass login information with it across an untrusted network but its great for a quick test to see if the mail server is responding.
dre
On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, Brian Kelsay wrote:
Gerald Combs wrote:
bam:/home/gerald> telnet kclug.org 25 Trying 139.146.133.42... Connected to kclug.org. Escape character is '^]'. 220 kclug.org ESMTP Postfix (Debian/GNU) quit 221 Bye Connection closed by foreign host.
Umm, why is telnet running/responding on the server?
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