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SMTP:Fakemail and SPAM

By: Turbanator

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SMTP is a pretty simple thing to learn.  First of all SMTP stands for Simple Mail Transfer
Protocal.  That means "(SMTP) A protocol defined in STD 10, RFC 821, used to transfer
electronic mail between computers, usually over Ethernet. It is a server to server protocol,
so other protocols are used to access the messages. The SMTP dialog usually happens in the
background under the control of the message transport system, e.g. sendmail but it is possible
to interact with an SMTP server using telnet to connect to the normal SMTP port, 25".

Usually to take advatage of SMTP you would need a SMTP server, or a shell account that supports
SMTP.  Lets use my telnet shell account at freeshell.org.

(NOTE:THE $ indicates the command prompt at the shell, whatever is after the $ is what would
be typed.)

First telnet to the host through port 25

 $Telnet sdf.lonestar.org 25

Then one connected, be nice to the host by typing Helo

 $Helo sdf.lonestar.org

Then think of who your going to send the email to, who it will be from, and what it will say.
Once you've done that you can begin the mail by typing the following into the shell prompt:

(NOTE:This is only used as an example, you can type in whatever you want for the from, rcpt, and data.)

 $Mail from: aol@aol.com rcpt: bob@aol.com data:Hi bob this is AOL, your powned! .quit

The .quit at the end will tell the SMTP server to end the message and send it.

Now why would I want to know this you ask?  There are alot of reasons.  Spammers for instance
use techniques like this to send you spam, maybe now you can send them a little spam (although I
dont encourage it!).  Also this is good for freaking people out and making them cancel their AOL
accounts (I havent dont that ;) ).  SMTP can be used for good and for bad, it all depends on the
person who imputs the information.  I hoped this has helped anyone who has been wondering about
SMTP, or just wants to read something cool.

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This text file was written by:Turbanator
For:Outbreak
The author can be contacted at:turbanator2k2@yahoo.com, AIM=Turbanator2k2
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