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Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:30:24 -0500
From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
To: "Kelly Jones" <kelly.terry.jones@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Unix program that sends email directly using MX record
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On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:16:56 -0700
"Kelly Jones" <kelly.terry.jones@gmail.com> wrote:

> What Unix program sends email directly, using the MX record of the
> recipient, instead of using sendmail or an installed MTA?
> 
> I realize I could tweak sendmail.cf/etc to do this, but that's not
> working in my (fairly unusual) special situation.
> 
> I also realize that sending email directly is normally "bad", but I'm
> testing something.

See if ssmtp in ports does what you need.

If that's still not direct enough, there's always telnet.  SMTP conversations
aren't really that difficult to simulate.

-Bill