How to connect to smtp mail server with ncat or nmap?

[Ben Stover via dev <dev () nmap org>]

How can I start a conversation from cmdline with a remote smtp mailserver lets say

mail.foobar.com at port 587



What is better for this task ncat or nmap?

Ben




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