Hi All,

I am trying to send email using telnet to smtp as mailx and other functionality is restricted by administrator.

I am not able to figure out as how to attach any text or any file using the below.

I am following all instructions and steps as shown at http://exchange.mvps.org/smtp_frames.htm

1. telnet <servername> 25
2. helo <your domain name><enter>
3. mail from: <your Email Address><enter>
response should be as follows
250 OK - mail from <your Email address>

rcpt to: <recipient address><enter>
response should be as follows
250 OK - Recipient <recipient address>

data<enter>
response should be as follows
354 Send data. End with CRLF.CRLF

To: <recipient's display name><enter>
From: <your display name><enter>
Subject: <Subject field of Email message><enter>
<Enter you body text><enter><enter> . <enter>
response should be as follows
250 OK

quit<enter>

You will need to encode the file you wish to "attach" and then create the appropriate mime/multipart headers.

Good luck with that! There's a reason mail clients were invented.

Hi,

Thanks for your reply. I searched on same and found few steps, the only issue I am facing is attaching the text file.

Below is what i tried

telnet <servername> <portnumber> 25
ehlo

mail from : my mail id
rcpt to : my mail id

data

Subject :- Test Subject


MIME-Version:1.0
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=attachmentbound

Content-Type: application/text; name="1.txt"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-Disposition:attachment;filename="1.txt"
aGVsbG8NCndvcmxk (*** base64 encoded of text hello world)



.


Quit.


Here 1.txt is the text file in my home directory with content "hello"

But when I receive the mail, the attachment file 1.txt is empty.