From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto) Date: 2001-12-25T02:42:02+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:29404] Re: Hi, In message "[ruby-talk:29402]" on 01/12/25, Jack Dempsey writes: |%sendmail email@address |this is a test |^D |% | |I get the e-mail correctly. However, when I try running a simple SMTP script, I get an error: You should try % telnet localhost smtp before confirming SMTP works (sendmail may or may not use localhost SMTP). And what platform are you on? matz.