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Using PHP mail function with locked-down SMTP server

Published by David Potter on April 13, 2009
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I host my own Exchange server and had accepted the restriction that I couldn’t use the PHP mail() function thinking it was an incompatibility with IIS.  It turns out, however, that my Exchange server (like most Exchange servers) requires a username and password to work.
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Testing an SMTP Server

Published by David Potter on April 11, 2009
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Microsoft has a good article on testing an SMTP server using Telnet.  I’ve summarized the steps here using the following information:

SMTP server name
mail.contoso.com

Source domain name
test.com

From email address
Admin@test.com

Recipient email address
User@domain.com

Here is the summary of commands and responses.  Remember to press <ENTER> after each command.

Command
Response

telnet mail.contoso.com 25
220 site.contoso.com Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Connector <version number of the [...]

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