NAME

       httptest - attempt to use an HTTP proxy to relay to a DSBL-complaint host

SYNOPSIS

       httptest <http ip> <http port>

DESCRIPTION

       httptest attempts to connect to port <http port> on <http ip> and relay through the host.

       It  attempts to connect to the target_domain mail server directly to send mail, and also to relay through
       127.0.0.1 on the host.  For each server, it tries all of: GET, POST, CONNECT.

       It works by embedding SMTP commands in the HTTP request header, which are then copied through to the mail
       server.  There is extra junk in the HTTP header, but most SMTP servers ignore it.  If a server is open to
       this type of relaying, it is highly likely that the relay will be anonymized and there will be no way  to
       track back the sender (save possibly proxy logs).

       As  of  version  0.9.5,  httptest  attempts  to use the CONNECT method as intended to form an actual SMTP
       conversation through the proxy.

AUTHOR

       Ian Gulliver <ian@penguinhosting.net>

SEE ALSO

       dsbl.conf(5), spamtrap(1)

                                                   2002-04-03                                        httptest(1)