Technical information
INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION GUIDE
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9. Enter test:hello when prompted for the auth-rsp and when prompted to re-enter the auth-rsp.
10. Send an email message from VSI-FAX with either of these two commands:
• vfx -n <emailaddress> <file>
• vfx -n <emailaddress> -O -C classic
11. If the email message is not received, you can troubleshoot the problem with the following steps:
12. Set debug to On in $VSIFAX/lib/vsisrv.ini file, [VFXSCHED] section.
13. Set debug to 2 in $VSIFAX/lib/vsisrv.ini file, [VMAIL] section.
14. Send an email message.
15. Check the contents of $VSIFAX/spool/logs/vmail log file to see if errors are reported.
SMTP Protocol
This is a basic explanation of the SMTP protocol: the commands used, the possible answers from the Mail server as
well as how to test it.
The usual SMTP port is 25. To connect to the mail server, open a command prompt and connect with a telnet on the
port 25.
Command Sent to the mail server Answer from the mail server
telnet <mail.domain.ext> 25
220-mail.domain.ext ESMTP Sendmail <version-number>;
<date+time>
HELO <local.domain.ext>
OR 250-mail.domain.ext Hello [local.ip], pleased to meet you
EHLO <local.domain.ext>
250-mail.domain.ext Hello [local.ip], pleased to meet you
250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
250-8BITMIME
250-SIZE
250-DSN
250-ONEX
250-ETRN
250-XUSR
250 HELP
MAIL FROM: mail@domain.ext
250-2.1.0 mail@domain.ext... Sender ok
RCPT TO: mail@otherdomain.ext
250-2.1.0 mail@otherdomain.ext... Recipient ok
DATA
Subject:<subject>
//press enter twice
type the body