command line email - debug mode for SMTP / ESMTP

Advanced users and those who want to test / debug their e-mail sending, can use command line parameter -DEBUG (or advanced parameter -DEBUGX) to see febooti Command line email internal variables, febootimail client and SMTP (or ESMTP) email server responses.

Example: sending email message in debug mode.

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C:\>febootimail -FROM joe@sender.com -TO info@febooti.com -DEBUGX -TEXT Command line email debug mode for SMTP / ESMTP mail servers -SUBJ "SMTP debug mode" -SMTP smtp.server.com 

Debug mode console output using -DEBUGX parameter. Note that SMTP server responses may differ from one SMTP server software to another.

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febooti Command line email v3.0
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From         joe@sender.com
To           info@febooti.com
Subject      SMTP debug mode
Body         Command line email debug mode for SMTP...
Charset      iso-8859-1
Priority     3

SMTP server  smtp.server.com
SMTP port    25
SMTP auth    None
SMTP timeout 60 sec.

SMTP server: 220 smtp.server.com ESMTP
febootimail: HELO joe
SMTP server: 250 smtp.server.com
febootimail: MAIL FROM:<joe@sender.com>
SMTP server: 250 ok
febootimail: RCPT TO:<info@febooti.com>
SMTP server: 250 ok
febootimail: DATA
SMTP server: 354 go ahead
febootimail: From: joe@sender.com

To: info@febooti.com
Subject: SMTP debug mode
Content-Type: text/plain;
              charset=iso-8859-1
Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2007 19:00:25 -0500
X-Priority: 3 (normal)
febootimail:
febootimail: Command line email debug mode for SMTP...
febootimail:

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SMTP server: 250 ok 1173703760 qp 72432
febootimail: QUIT
SMTP server: 221 smtp.server.com
e-mail(s) sent without errors 

If there is no local SMTP server, specify SMTP server (outgoing mail server) address using -SMTP or -SERVER parameter. If SMTP server authentication is required, use -AUTH, -USER and -PASS parameter to specify authentication method, username and password, respectively.

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C:\>febootimail -FROM john@sender.com -TO jack@recipient.com -MSG "Email message which uses SMTP and AUTH methods to send mail from command prompt (windows command line)." -SMTP outgoing.server.com -USERNAME john -PASSWORD ******** -AUTH LOGIN -DEBUGX 
Additional Command line email notes and resources:
  • febooti Command line email utility parameters.
  • Please don't use this tool to send Unsolicited Commercial Email (SPAM).
  • To save console output to a file, add >console-save.txt at end of command line.
  • To append console output to a file, add >>console-append.txt at end of command line.

Please do not hesitate to contact our support department with any possible further questions or to solve practical issues connected with Command line email.