How do I create a decent bash script to start an ETRN on a mail-server?
问题 Once in a while, I need to ETRN a couple of backup servers (e.g. after maintenance of my own SMTP server). Normally, I use telnet for that. I go to that server, HELO with my own name and give the ETRN commands. I would like to automate that in a decent way. A simple (but not decent) way would be to start telnet with <<, but the problem is that I do not want to send commands out of order (and the other end may even drop the connection if I do that, haven't tested it yet, but if it works now,