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SMTP Diagnostics - Email Delivery Troubleshooting Tool
SMTP Diagnostics - Email Delivery Troubleshooting Tool
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SMTP Diagnostics 1.5 - Email Delivery Troubleshooting Tool

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The Bottom Line

SMTP Diagnostics sends a test message and prints all the conversation going on in the background to help you detect and troubleshoot email delivery problems. Unfortunately, SMTP Diagnostics does not help you understand or fix errors.
Pros
  • SMTP Diagnostics displays the details of sending mail for analysis and troubleshooting
  • You can print out the complete SMTP dialog of SMTP Diagnostics sending a test message
  • SMTP Diagnostics supports SMTP authentication and attachments
Cons
  • SMTP Diagnostics does not help you interpret the SMTP dialog
  • POP before SMTP authentication is not supported by SMTP Diagnostics

Description

  • SMTP Diagnostics is a tool to troubleshoot email sending.
  • You can specify the email address, server and port used for sending a test message.
  • SMTP Diagnostics can include attachments and supports SMTP authentication.
  • All commands exchanged with the SMTP server are output in plain form and can be printed.
  • SMTP Diagnostics supports Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/3/XP.

Guide Review - SMTP Diagnostics 1.5 - Email Delivery Troubleshooting Tool

This is a tool you'll never need. You will never run into problems sending mail. But friends, colleagues or family may, and you can play with SMTP Diagnostics for fun or education. Indeed, it can be fun to read the comments and greetings inserted by mail server administrators into a conversation usually carried out between computers alone.

SMTP Diagnostics does everything your email program does when it sends an email, but it records every move and prints out what is done behind the scenes in an easy to follow format. You can even print the complete suada for diagnostic purposes.

Yet, while SMTP Diagnostics does indeed make looking at the SMTP messages, codes and errors a snap, it does offer much help with interpretation and troubleshooting. You could, for the most part, use telnet and enter the details manually just as well. Testing large messages with attachments is cumbersome that way, however, and SMTP Diagnostics does it flawlessly (as it does SMTP authentication).
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