How to Test SMTP Connectivity

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This tutorial will help you and your team test the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, a vital technology for e-mail and other communications platforms.


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From The Computer Guy | Jan 25, 2009

SMTP is a text-based protocol in which one or more recipients of a message are specified along with the message text and possibly other encoded objects. The message is then transferred to a remote server using a series of queries and responses between the client and server. The attached document is a tutorial on how to test SMTP's connectivity.

The attached Zip file includes:

  • Intro Page.doc
  • SMTP Connectivity Testing.doc
  • SMTP Connectivity Testing.odt
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