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Help, I'm in Terminal and testing a connection using telnet.
When in data mode how do I exit or escape out? the screen states <CRLF>,<CRLF>. What keystrokes or command do i use?
Thanks in advance
 
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I'm not really familiar with telnet but i would think [CTRL]-C would get you out
 
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do you mean escape out to the telnet command interface? control + ] does it for me OK. Not sure what the <CRLF> thing actually does, but that usually signifies pressing the Enter key.
 

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<CRLF> - carriage return / line feed
 
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cazabam said:
do you mean escape out to the telnet command interface? control + ] does it for me OK. Not sure what the <CRLF> thing actually does, but that usually signifies pressing the Enter key.

Trying to close out the data then end the mail message
 
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Ah, right, you're using SMTP manually. The <CLRF>.<CRLF> means literally this:

* press enter
* press .
* press enter

basically, have a line containing only a dot. My mail server gives this information instead of the <CRLF>.<CRLF> message:

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Enter message, ending with "." on a line by itself

which is a little more descriptive.
 
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cazabam said:
Ah, right, you're using SMTP manually. The <CLRF>.<CRLF> means literally this:

* press enter
* press .
* press enter

basically, have a line containing only a dot. My mail server gives this information instead of the <CRLF>.<CRLF> message:

Code:
Enter message, ending with "." on a line by itself

which is a little more descriptive.
Thanks alot, I shall try it tomorrow...
 
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Thanks alot, I shall try it tomorrow...

Worked great. It is tough trying to remember which O/S accepts what keystokes to enter <CRLF>
Thanks again
 
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Worked great. It is tough trying to remember which O/S accepts what keystokes to enter <CRLF>
Thanks again

CR/LF, CR, LF or <CRLF> when used in instructions like this are just shorthand for saying 'press enter' on any OS, generally speaking. Of course, they are different (as anyone who has had to use Windows text files will attest). In this case, it's not the OS but the SMTP protocol that's expecting the character.
 

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