I'm am trying to use telnet to send an email. Can someone give me step by step instructions please?

I'm am trying to use telnet to send an email. Can someone give me step by step instructions, like can someone tell me what the yahoo/msn server is, what smtp is and where can i find the right one for yahoo or msn, etc.


Thanks in advance.
I'm am trying to use telnet to send an email. Can someone give me step by step instructions please?
Open up a command prompt, and use telnet to connect to a SMTP server of your choice. Usually the port number is 25. Once the server responds, type something like:





HELO


MAIL FROM you@email.com


RCPT TO friend@email.com


DATA The text of the email


QUIT





You have to make sure you don't make any typos, the "delete" key doesn't work when you're working over telnet. In any case, this is an overly bothersome way to send an email. Probably every single email program out there supports SMTP, and they are much easier to use. Most email servers, if they allow SMTP, will have detailed instructions for you if you want to set up your email program that way.





With telnet, most servers have restrictions and won't let you send email unless you've logged in, you have an IP address that's part of their network, sending to and from addresses in their network, etc.





Yahoo no longer supports SMTP for their free accounts, and MSN uses an HTTP server which also doesn't work for free accounts.