On 8/24/07, Cassian Luppu <cassian.luppu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I need to connect to a remote smtp server, I have username and password to > log in using, for instance telnet. > What I want is a shell script to log into the server (using telnet), then > send an email with a subject, with a certain sender and always to the same > person (basically a email set up to recieve alerts) and with a small text. > All should be done using the telnet commands, like MAIL FROM, RCPT TO, > DATA... > > My guess is that I should use expect, shouldn't I? yes > Any example or aproachs will be more than appreciated. get autoexpect to generate the initial expect file, then modify it accordingly