mconnect(1)

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version 0.88 Β· 3 versions
, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

πŸ’Œ mconnect(1) β€” a lil' page from the General Commands Manual

okay so bestie, picture this: you're in section 1 of the manual (that's the General Commands Manual, the one for actual runnable commands πŸ’…) and the page is called mconnect. That's the name. That's the whole vibe. Let's GO. ✨


🌸 NAME 🌸

mconnect β€” connects to a remote SMTP server. that's it, that's the job, and she does it flawlessly πŸ’–


πŸŽ€ SYNOPSIS πŸŽ€

mconnect [ host [ port ] ]

two lil optional args, no drama, no cap 🫢


πŸ¦‹ DESCRIPTION πŸ¦‹

okay so here's the tea β˜•: mconnect connects to port on host. That's the whole plot.

Then β€” and this is the part that's lowkey iconic β€” it takes its input and sends it to host, but with a lil glow-up: it adds a CR to each line. Like, every single line gets a carriage return tucked in. Not me being obsessed with a carriage return 😭 but it matters, iykyk.

Meanwhile (literally at the same time, she's multitasking, main character energy πŸ‘‘), it prints anything it receives from host. So you talk, she relays, and whatever comes back just shows up on your screen. chef's kiss.

Now the defaults, because bestie you don't always have to specify everything:

  • If port is not supplied, mconnect uses port 25 (SMTP). classic. the OG port. πŸ’Œ
  • If host is not supplied, mconnect connects to the local host. she's staying home, cozy vibes 🏠
fr fr, that's all it does. simple, elegant, does exactly one thing and ate πŸ”₯

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

go read these next, they're the friend group 🌈:

and if you wanna go down the rabbit hole, the whole extended universe lives at:

http://cr.yp.to/ucspi-tcp.html

okay so that's the whole page, bestie πŸ’– the footer of this lil' manpage is literally just mconnect(1) again β€” no extra date or version flex, she just signs her name at the bottom like a queen πŸ‘‘. slay, periodt, go connect to something. πŸ’…βœ¨

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