EMAIL!
summary
Shows concrete tricks and a small build: explains SMTP handshakes and how to send mail with telnet/netcat on port 25, highlights plus-addressing and dot-ignoring quirks, and recalls that git once uses email patches. Demonstrates a tiny mischievous email server called computer faith that randomly replaces letters so it works but mangles messages. Mentions tooling to run your own email server, display HTML, use a CLI inbox, and the practical limits of DIY email.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:58Email remains relevant
- 3:23Email protocol quirks
- 5:28Sending email via SMTP
- 8:38Unreliable email server
- 10:50Embrace email as tool
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