How is a HELO message used in regaurds to SMTP

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Request for Question Clarification by alienintelligence-ga on 20 Oct 2002 17:55 PDT

Hi jumbie,

Did the comment posted below suffice for
your question or are you still seeking
an actual answer?

-AI

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Clarification of Question by jumbie-ga on 20 Oct 2002 18:45 PDT

I think this will work - I just needed to know how the HELO message
worked, a good definition, and I think what you provided is ok. If you
do know anything more it would be helpful.

In SMTP, the sender uses the HELO command to identify itself to the
receiver. The argument field of this command should contain the
sender's host name.

The following is a textual representation of the command format, where
<SP> is the space character and <CRLF> is the
carriage-return-line-feed sequence, written in many programming
languages as "\r\n".

    HELO <SP> <domain> <CRLF>

For a comprehensive description of the SMTP protocol, consult the RFC
(Request For Comments) in which it is defined.

freesoft.org Internet Encyclopedia
RFC 821: The SMTP Specifications
http://www.freesoft.org/CIE/RFC/821/13.htm

Regards,

leapinglizard

This worked well

The SMTP protocol is defined in RFC 821, mirrored in many places on
the internet. See, for example, http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc0821.txt
section 3.5