when ever i try 2 telnet 2 smtp.gmail.com it says "click any key to continue". so i press enter and it says i lost the connection to th host.
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when ever i try 2 telnet 2 smtp.gmail.com it says "click any key to continue". so i press enter and it says i lost the connection to th host.
Why would you need to telnet to gmail's smtp server?
no kidding... they don't even support text based browsers... let alone telnet... lol
possibly it is some kind of security against port scans. Some servers reply with SYN/ACK packets if a SYN is received destined to a closed port. This screws up some port scans, but makes the connection appear valid.
Luckily for you, there is an easy way around this. Stop telnetting to gmail's smtp server.
Hi
Gmail does accept telnet connections to port 25. One simply has
to know, which servers are the correct ones. Or did I misunderstand
and, sixers826, you wanted to telnet to port 23?
smtp.gmail.com is a server configured to support Secure SMTP
over TLS[1], and hence, should be treated as such . :)
Cheers.
[1] http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2487.html
I could be wrong but I think you misunderstood, sec_ware. I think he either tried to Telnet to the wrong port and/or he simply is trying their server. Regardless, they don't even support text based browsers like phishphreek said (last I checked atleast).