Simple manual telnet session with mail host. Uppercase/lowercase does not appear to be significant.
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You do/type this -------> Server responds with
Telnet to hostname on port 25
------------>220 (then identifies itself)
HELO your_domain_name or whatever
------------>250 (followed by human readable message)
MAIL FROM:you@hostname.com
------------>250 is syntactically correct (or similar)
RCPT TO:them@someplace_else.com (email address you want to send to)
------------>250 is syntactically correct
DATA Tells you to send data then CRLF period CRLF at end You type your message then CRLF period CRLF (ie, type a period on a line by itself then hit ENTER)
------------>250
QUIT
------------>Signoff message
