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Testing SMTP with telnet
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gistfile1.md 
$ echo '[email protected]' | base64
bWVAZXhhbXBsZS5jb20=
$ echo 'secret' | base64
c2VjcmV0
$ telnet mail.example.com 25

EHLO me.example.com
250-mail.example.com
250-AUTH LOGIN
250-8BITMIME
250-SIZE

AUTH LOGIN
334 VXNlcm5hbWU6;

bWVAZXhhbXBsZS5jb20=
334 UGFzc3dvcmQ6;

c2VjcmV0
235 Authentication successful

MAIL FROM:<[email protected]>
250 OK

RCPT TO:<[email protected]>
250 OK

DATA
354 Enter message, ending with "." on a line by itself
Hello World
.
250 OK

QUIT
221 mail.example.com Closing transmission channel
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