Quick responses! Thanks to all.
telnet localhost 25
will print the banner display the version of sendmail
It was also suggested ( Dennis Peacock )that
sendmail -d015 -bt </dev/null although that is not at all obvious
from the documentation.
thor/ROOT 264 > sendmail -d015 -bt </dev/null
Version 5.65v4.0
ADDRESS TEST MODE
Enter <ruleset> <address>
[Note: No initial ruleset 3 call]
Original Question:
Checking the man page on sendmail reveals nothing (this is on 4.0d) about
how to
determine which version I am running. However,
thor/ROOT 275 > telnet mail-abuse.org
Trying 204.152.184.152...
Connected to mail-abuse.org.
Escape character is '^]'.
Connecting to 206.160.220.3 ...
<<< 220 thor.kednos.com Sendmail 5.65v4.0 (1.1.3.6) Tue, 10 Jul 2001
08:05:45 -0700
>>> HELO west1.mail-abuse.org
<<< 250 thor.kednos.com Hello west1.mail-abuse.org, pleased to meet you
:Relay test: #Quote test
>>> mail from: <spamtest_at_>
<<< 250 <spamtest_at_>... Sender ok
>>> rcpt to: <"nobody_at_mail-abuse.org">
<<< 550 <"nobody_at_mail-abuse.org">... Addressee unknown
>>> rset
<<< 250 Reset state
:Relay test: #Test 1
>>> mail from: <nobody_at_mail-abuse.org>
<<< 250 <nobody_at_mail-abuse.org>... Sender ok
>>> rcpt to: <nobody_at_mail-abuse.org>
<<< 250 <nobody_at_mail-abuse.org>... Recipient ok
>>> QUIT
<<< 221 thor.kednos.com closing connection
Tested host banner: 220 thor.kednos.com Sendmail 5.65v4.0 (1.1.3.6) Tue, 10
Jul 2001 08:05:45 -0700
System appeared to accept 1 relay attempts
Connection closed by foreign host.
So two questions?
1. How did they determine which version I was running, and
2. Did i pass the test?
Answer to 2, NO!
Received on Tue Jul 10 2001 - 16:02:46 NZST