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LSMTP is installed on a remote machine. How can I control it remotely?

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LSMTP is installed on a remote machine. How can I control it remotely?

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You need to have NT networking capability between the machines. i.e. You need to be able to map a network drive between the machines. So if you are going through firewalls, etc, you need to have the appropriate ports allowed. Then you copy WinLSCP.EXE and LSMTP.HLP to the local machine. Then you start it with WINLSCP \\othermachine.domain.com i.e. using a fully qualified domain name for the remote machine (or you can also use its IP address). Failing this, you can administer it via telnet and ftp. Via telnet, the command LSCP MON STAT gives all the same dynamic on-screen information that you get from WinLSCP. You FTP the config.dat to your machine, make any edits, FTP it back and then use telnet to do LSCP RELOAD CONFIG. Many of our customers also use Remote Control applications like PC Anywhere with good success. SPECIAL NOTE to users of Windows 2000 Terminal Services: Because of the way Terminal Services is implemented, the normal WinLSCP.exe (LSMTP Control Program) does not work cor

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