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For years I checked usenet by just telnetting on port 119
by bandrami 2y ago
For years I checked usenet by just telnetting on port 119
- linuxlizard 2y agoWhen I first started using UNIX (Ultrix on a DECStation), I was floored by the wizardry of "hackers" sending me email from Santa Claus. Mind blown!
- coldpie 2y agoI did some work on a MTA a while back and it was genuinely pretty neat to send legit emails to my real mail accounts by just connecting to a port and typing the raw SMTP commands into it. E.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Mail_Transfer_Protocol#SMTP_transport_example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Mail_Transfer_Protocol#... Simpler times, when we thought we could trust everyone on the net :)
- anthk 2y agoUsenet gives full help over telnet, it's nice.