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
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