# 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.
```