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Article Id 194359
Description
This article explains how to use SMTP command test to send email to remote SMTP server.

<FortiMail:10.47.0.209> === <Remote SMTP server:10.47.0.174>



Solution
Connect to FortiGate via SSH session or GUI > Dashboard > Console, select either of commands following

1) smtptest

#mail # execute smtptest 10.47.0.174
Connected

220 smtp.shathish.org ESMTP Smtpd; Wed, 2 Oct 2019 07:07:45 +0800

Entering interactive mode. Type CTRL-D to exit.
ehlo 10.47.0.209
250-smtp.shathish.org Hello [10.47.0.209], pleased to meet you
250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
250-PIPELINING
250-8BITMIME
250-SIZE 20971520
250-DSN
250-STARTTLS
250-DELIVERBY
250 HELP
mail from: test@pulltea.net
250 2.1.0 test@pulltea.net... Sender ok
rcpt to:shathish@shathish.org
250 2.1.5 shathish@shathish.org... Recipient ok
data
354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself
Subject: test sending email
Message body
.
250 2.0.0 x91N7jMj021874-x91N7jMk021874 Message accepted for delivery
quit
221 2.0.0 smtp.shathish.org closing connection
Connection closed.

Connection status to 10.47.0.174 port 25:
        Connecting to remote host succeeded.

mail #
2) Telnettest
#execute telnettest 10.47.0.174:25
Connected

220 smtp.shathish.org ESMTP Smtpd; Wed, 2 Oct 2019 07:10:45 +0800

Entering interactive mode. Type CTRL-D to exit.
ehlo 10.47.0.209
250-smtp.shathish.org Hello [10.47.0.209], pleased to meet you
250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
250-PIPELINING
250-8BITMIME
250-SIZE 20971520
250-DSN
250-STARTTLS
250-DELIVERBY
250 HELP
mail from: test@pulltea.net
250 2.1.0 test@pulltea.net... Sender ok
rcpt to:shathish@shathish.org
250 2.1.5 shathish@shathish.org... Recipient ok
data
354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself
Subject: test sending email
Message body
.
250 2.0.0 x91N7jMj021874-x91N7jMk021874 Message accepted for delivery
quit
221 2.0.0 smtp.shathish.org closing connection
Connection closed.

Connection status to 10.47.0.174 port 25:
        Connecting to remote host succeeded.


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