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diff --git a/man/sslconnect.1 b/man/sslconnect.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9888e23 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/sslconnect.1 @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +.TH sslconnect 1 +.SH sslconnect +sslconnect \- simple sslclient with verbose output +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B sslconnect +[ +.I host +.I port +.I args +] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B sslconnect +connects via the IP[v4|v6] protocol to +.I host on +.I port +using TCP, and attempts an SSL connection. +It sends its standard input to the server, +printing a CR after each LF, and prints any data +it receives from the server to standard output. +.B sslconnect +can be used to fetch binary data. +It does no conversion other than SSL encoding +and decoding on received data. + +If +.I host +is not supplied, +.B sslconnect +connects to the local host. + +If +.I port +is not supplied, +.B sslconnect +uses TCP port 465 (SMTPS) and thus is +complementary to +.BR mconnect . + +If +.I args +are supplied, they are passed to +.B sslclient +unmodified. + +Unlike a standard SMTP(S) client, +.B sslconnect +does not perform a DNS MX lookup, +thus the FQDN or IP rof the MTA must be specified. +.SH SEE ALSO +sslserver(1), +sslhandle(1), +sslclient(1), +sslcat(1), +https@(1), +tcp-environ(5) |