1. Click on SMTP server icon on
your desktop to start your SMTP
server to run(The icon is shown on
the notification area of the taskbar if
it is running). If it is already running
then this step can be ignored
2. Goto command prompt(Start-
Accessories-Command prompt)
3. Type exactly as follows
C:\>telnet 127.0.0.1 25
Here 127.0.0.1 is the default IP of
every computer.25 is the port
number. SO you are connecting to
the SMTP server running on your
own computer. This step is very
importand to send fake email.
NOTE: The IP 127.0.0.1 should not
be substituted by any other IP.
Heres the snapshot of what you see
after step 3. Click on it to enlarge
4. After typing the telnet command
in the command prompt you get
entry to the server which displays
the following message. The
response of a OK SMTP server is
given below. Message within Green
color is only explanation.
220 Welcome to QK SMTP
Server 3
helo hacker (Type helo & any
name followed by space)
250 Hello hacker (Server
Welcomes You)
mail from:billg@microsoft.com
(email ID can be anything of your
choice. This is the ID from which
fake email appears to have come
from)
250
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]Address Okay (Server gives a
positive response)
rcpt to:admin@gmail.com (Type
any valid recipient email address)
250
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] Address
Okay (Server gives a positive
response)
data (type this command to start
input data)
354 Please start mail input
From:Gates < billg@
microsoft.com>
To:admin@gmail.com
Date:Sat Jan 5,2008 9:45 PM
Subject:Test to send fake email
You can create as many headers
followed by the “:” symbol.
NOTE: HEADERS SHOULD NOT
CONTAIN A LINE GAP. IF SO IT IS
CONSIDERED AS BODY OF THE
EMAIL. Press enter twice so that
there is a line gap between the
header & body data
End the
body of email by pressing [ENTER] .
(dot) [ENTER]
250 Mail queued for delivery
(Sever indicates that the email is
ready for sending)
quit (Type this command to quit
from server)
221 Closing connection. Good
bye.
Connection to host lost
(You will get the above 2 lines of
message after typing “quit”
command)
(Your fake email is sent to the
recipient)