telnet is a Swiss army knife for troubleshooting layer 7 application problem, especially useful on smtp & pop3 protocol.
Scenario 1 :
to test is our domain is being block by recipient domain, using telnet on our email server to send email on recipient email server.
Scenario 2 :
a quick test on error occurs sending email, using email [...]
telnet has a lot of weakness compare to ssh. Most notably would be it transmits in plain text across the network, which everyone can look at it as long as one can tap into the line. Still, it is very much useful in trouble shooting application layer problems, e.g. http, smtp, pop, ftp, irc & [...]
Ever wonder why firefox have tons have tons of plugins to enhance the user experience? Thunder wasn’t left out also.
Hey, Apple Mail also got its contributors which aims to make your life easier. The site Hawk Wings have a large collection of Apple Mail client plugins, links with short description. e.g. iCal, Address Book, Notification, [...]