MCONNECT(1)

NAME
mconnect - connect to a line-protocol server on a remote host.

SYNOPSIS

mconnect [host [port]]

DESCRIPTION

mconnect uses tcpclient(1) to connect to TCP port port on host, and then runs mconnect-io(1).

Its default use is to enable UNIX tools to have a conversation with a network SMTP server. If port is not supplied, the default is 25. If host is not supplied, the default is the local host.

SEE ALSO

tcpcat(1)
    a unidirectional straight pass-through client

HISTORY

mconnect was originally part of Daniel J. Bernstein's ucspi-tcp toolset in 1999.

AUTHOR

Original code and documentation by Daniel J. Bernstein. Documentation modernizations by Jonathan de Boyne Pollard.