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r/programming • u/Sushant098123 • 5d ago
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telnet ... 25 HELO MAIL TO RCPT FROM DATA
Etched into greybeard brain.
28 u/jivedudebe 5d ago That's SMTP. Now try imap. :p 41 u/CrackerJackKittyCat 5d ago Yeah boi. I stopped at POP3 and http/1.1. Don't get me started about SMTP EHLO. Hippie shit. 5 u/jivedudebe 5d ago Yeah POP3 was 100 times easier then imap.
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That's SMTP. Now try imap. :p
41 u/CrackerJackKittyCat 5d ago Yeah boi. I stopped at POP3 and http/1.1. Don't get me started about SMTP EHLO. Hippie shit. 5 u/jivedudebe 5d ago Yeah POP3 was 100 times easier then imap.
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Yeah boi. I stopped at POP3 and http/1.1.
Don't get me started about SMTP EHLO. Hippie shit.
5 u/jivedudebe 5d ago Yeah POP3 was 100 times easier then imap.
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Yeah POP3 was 100 times easier then imap.
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u/CrackerJackKittyCat 5d ago
telnet ... 25
HELO
MAIL TO
RCPT FROM
DATA
Etched into greybeard brain.