Flirting with the mail server? The fact that stand/alone/bitch is wooed by men and SMTP servers alike is just proof of her charms.

Me?

(I'm in bold, Jane the mailserver is plain.)

wwoods@evilcow:~$ telnet jane.net smtp
Trying 216.71.202.58...
Connected to jane.net.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 eurus.host4u.net ESMTP Sendmail 8.8.5/8.8.5; Mon, 11 Dec 2000 10:16:54 -0600
Helo jane
250 eurus.host4u.net Hello evilcow.cowofdoom.com [24.91.242.180], pleased to meet you
I like you. Do you like me?
500 Command unrecognized
Unrecognized? I know, we've never really talked before, but I really like your style..
500 Command unrecognized
Does this mean you don't want to go on a date?
500 Command unrecognized
quit
221 eurus.host4u.net closing connection
Connection closed by foreign host.
wwoods@evilcow:~$

*sigh*