Out of curiosity, I am telnetting to an SMTP server. The Email is to me i.e. RCPT goes to me. The MAIL FROM: i've put my email address. But I don't get any name displayed. If I try in a program like ...

Hi there. <BR>I've been working on locking down some email server's lately and as such have spent alot of time in telnet sessions with them.<BR>One thing I've noticed is the responses certain server's ...

Poor telnet, it used to be the cool kid on the block. It was the program all sysadmins turned to when they needed to connect to a remote server. Telnet just wasn't that good at keeping a secret—all ...

It looks like Apple might be employing Sun’s Java Messaging Server (Grid?) for the behind the scenes heavy lifting that enables the new MobileMe functionality. Performing a telnet to "smtp-mx1.mac.com ...