john-users - What type of passwords does john crack?

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Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:24:41 -0500
From: "Steve ......" <lynx.9595@...il.com>
To: john-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: What type of passwords does john crack?

Hey Im kinda confused as to what type of passwords john cracks?
It has the option MD5 but yet if I put (what i think is MD5) into a file but
didnt come from a passwd file it doesnt crack them..

Im talking about passwords like these:

247a3993f32ffc44556b20bc951de6cb
c5e60c3af1d2361d6848e5aea666102b
jamZ4RyrrWDLw
wqJgtyhBlx.Hc
root@...:~# john hash
Loaded 0 passwords, exiting...
root@...:~# john --format=MD5 hash
Loaded 0 passwords, exiting...
does john work but simply puttting passwords in a file and running john on
it?
these passwords are from forums..

thanks,
Steve