Re: Telnet and FTP to Historic

Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ca> Thu, 03 December 2020 12:27 UTC

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Subject: Re: Telnet and FTP to Historic
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Christian de Larrinaga <cdel=40firsthand.net@dmarc.ietf.org> wrote:
    > there are times when having telnet to test a mail server / email address is helpful?

That's a telnet *client*, and it's a program, not a service.