On Feb 26, 2010, at 9:34 AM, Susan Day <suzieprogrammer@gmail.com> wrote:


I've not done this before. Here's what I did. Please see if this looks correct:

[root]# telnet mail.mydomain.com 25
Trying 209.216.9.56...
Connected to mail.mydomain.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 mail.mydomain.com ESMTP
HELO mail.mydomain.com
250 mail.mydomain.com
MAIL FROM suzie@mydomain.com
250 ok
RCPT TO suzieprogrammer@gmail.com
250 ok
DATA testing
354 go ahead
.
250 ok 1267194591 qp 11432
quit
221 mail.mydomain.com
Connection closed by foreign host.
[root]# 

You didn't create a body to your email!

The proper way to send an email through SMTP is:

DATA
354 go ahead
From: "Susan Day" <suzie@mydomain.com>
To: "Susan Day" <susieprogrammer@gmail.com>
Subject: Test

This is a test only a test.
.
250 ok 1267194591 qp 11432
quit

-Ross