Ever since a windows update that took down my IIS6
mail server a few weeks back, I've been really paranoid about my
mail server working.
So every time I run a windows update I fire up command prompt and send myself a quick test
mail.
Like so:
> telnet localhost 25
> helo domain.com
>
mail from:
[email protected]
> rcpt to:
[email protected]
> data
some random body to
mail myself
.
This is a realy great way to test my
mail server, but it's a pain in the neck to do quickly.
Is there anyway i can run this in a batch script or something as a quick test?
I've tried a bat file but this just waits after i call telnet
I've also explored if telnet accepts any input files and it does not seem to.
What's the best way to do this?