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+# HowTo - Send Mail from the Linux Command Line
+
+Send mail from command line - telnet
+End the message with a blank line, period and a blank line
+
+You type:
+```bash
+telnet localhost 25
+```
+  
+```
+Trying 127.0.0.1...
+Connected to localhost.
+Escape character is '^]'.
+220 www.fvwdhost2.com ESMTP Postfix
+```
+  
+You type:  
+```bash
+helo www.fvwdhost2.com
+```
+  
+```
+250 www.fvwdhost2.com
+```
+
+You type:
+```bash
+mail from: root@www.fvwdhost2.com
+```
+  
+```
+250 2.1.0 Ok
+```
+
+You type:
+```bash
+rcpt to: rzack@pantek.com
+```
+  
+```
+250 2.1.5 Ok
+```
+
+You type:
+```bash
+rcpt to: chawley@pantek.com
+```
+
+```
+250 2.1.5 Ok
+```
+
+You type:
+```bash
+data
+```
+
+```
+354 End data with <CR><LF>.<CR><LF>
+```
+
+You type:
+```bash
+Subject:  This is a test
+
+
+ This is the absolute best way to test mail delivery without worrying about a client or something else being broken.
+
+.
+```
+
+```
+250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as CF91A620B94
+```
+
+You type:
+```bash
+quit
+```
+
+```
+221 2.0.0 Bye
+Connection closed by foreign host.
+```