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Old 08-17-2007
Power Sending Commands to a Remote Host
I am trying to write a script that logs into an SMTP server and authenticates as a user or verifies that a user exists. I can do all this from the command line but I don't know how to write a script to do this for me, I login and then the script stops, I'm sure this is some basic principle. Thanks tons, please point me in the correct direction.
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Old 08-17-2007
Have you tried searching the forums? Here is a link to a search I did. It may give you some clues.
https://www.unix.com/search.php?searchid=167491
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Old 08-17-2007
I had to dig a little deeper than I thought I might. This article was useful:
https://www.unix.com/unix-for-dummies...-a-script.html
I'm using this script to diagnose POP, SMTP, and email receipt problems. All of the commands i give the SMTP or POP server are lost invisible to me (sure they are there in the code) I want to see the response of the server and parse that to get my results? how would I do that? Also is there a better way than:
Code:
(sleep 1
echo 'user'
sleep 1
echo 'pass'
echo 'etc') | telnet pop.wherever.com 110

This seems sloppy, sleep seems like the wrong command here?
Thanks tons
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Old 08-18-2007
hi
the language "expect" is designed to do such things
Expect - Expect - Home Page
mfg guenter
 
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