Telnet batch file needed

I've tried to create smtp-batch files when making network montoring utilities, but found it cumbersome. Instead, there's a utility called BLAT, which I found useful. Here's the link (http://www.blat.net). It takes a half hour to get familar with the software, but after that, you can't live without it ;)

nazirahmed, thanks but i already know how to telnet and send a message.  what i need is a batch file that run from a script.

wei2ali, i need this to be executed from a script triggered by sendmail.

Here's a piece of code I used in a web-check utility. You don't have to know KiXtart (though you'll definitely gonna love it). The purpose to to show you how to embed/pass parameters to Blat.exe when scripting

Function SendMail($subj, $msg, Optional $ExchangeServer)
      $msg = "_test_"
      $subj = '"Test, ignore please"'
      $Sender = "somebody@@mysite.local"
      $rcp1 = "somebody1@@mysite.local"
      $rcp2 = "somebody2@@mysite.local"      
      $ExchangeServer = "Your_server_NETBIOS_NAME or IP"
      shell '%comspec% /c Blat $msg -f $Sender -t $rcp1,$rcp2 -server $ExchangeServer -s $subj -q'
Endfunction

You can pass parameters to the function from script, or simply get familar with the shel command line swithces of Blat. I'll try to explain this line closer:
      shell '%comspec% /c Blat $msg -f $Sender -t $rcp1,$rcp2,$rcp3 -server $ExchangeServer -s $subj -q'

Let's start with "Blat $msg". I suppose you've got regular messages to send depending on the output of your script, $msg points to the message you want to send, it can be a file or standard output from the script.
   -f: server
   -t: recepient(s)
   -server: self-explanary
   -s: subject (Always needs to be in quotation marks!)
   -q: No error message output

xxgenius
cant you copy code to a script file and run it through batch file.or simply copy the code into a file named yourscript.txt and run
ftp -s:yourscript.txt

You might try Telnet Scripting Tool
http://www.freewareweb.com/cgi-bin/archive.cgi?ID=645
It is simple and I think does what you are looking for.

I have almost the same problem as xxgenius.
This is the situation:
I have to test +- 40 servers on mail relay. So my idea was to send a mail through each server with a batch script to myself. My idea was the following:

telnet <server A> 25
HELO jori.knops@gmail.com
MAIL FROM: jori.knops@gmail.com
RCPT TO: jori.knops@gmail.com
DATA: test mail to server A
.
quit

telnet <server B> 25
HELO jori.knops@gmail.com
MAIL FROM: jori.knops@gmail.com
RCPT TO: jori.knops@gmail.com
DATA: test mail to server B
.
quit

This way i know which server relays mail and which server doesn't (if I receive a mail with "test mail to server B" I know that server B relays).

When i follow these steps manualy, it works perfectly but when I try to do this with the script he only logs in to the first server but doesn't give the HELO command (and all the commands after HELO). When I type the rest of the commands manualy (HELO, MAIL FROM, etc) and type quit, the script logs me in on the next server. So he only does the telnet <server A/B> 25 command.

I've allready tried the links that you guys posted, but I can't figure out how those programs work.

I have the same problem. I need to issue an ETRN command to some of our mail servers every half our or so.

telnet mail.domain.com 25
ETRN domain.com

Its very simple, I don't even need to login. But I don't seem to be able to run a telnet command from a batch file, that I could simply schedule.

Any (simple) ideas, this will be running on a server, so I really don't want to add any software to a stable machine.

Les Elton,
Network Admin., ABC Recycling Ltd

i solved my problem using a combination of blat ( http://www.blat.net/ ) and a batch script.

it basicly looked like this:
script:
blat <mail addresses, server_1 address, etc, etc>
blat <mail addresses, server_2 address, etc, etc>
etc

so if blat knows the command that you want to use, it's easy to solve it.

i'll see if i can upload my script somewhere :)

Yes, you can do a telnet script, as simple as ftp scripting.
If you are using *nix, try:
#!/bin/bash
(
echo YOURLOGIN;
sleep 2;
echo YOURPASSWORD;
sleep 1;
echo YOURTELNETCOMMAND1
sleep 1;
echo YOURTELNETCOMMAND2
echo exit
) | telnet 192.168.6.254

Hi.
I'm also looking to execute telnet commands from the wondows batch. if you have any ideas, let me know.