Or Botton wrote:
>
> Clarence Verge wrote:
> > to send me the contents of his harddisk.
> > The best thing to do is call them and try to talk to a human.
> > Ask them to delete that big file.
>
> If they refuse to delete it or charge pay (as my ISP do), you can
> do it manualy rather easily. You will need a Telnet application for
> this. Connect to your POP3 mailserver on port 110
> (in your case, pop.hotpop.com:110 ) and login with the following
> procedure (replace the word username and password with your username
> and password when following this.):
>
> user username
> pass password
> list
> dele nn
> quit
>
> Thats the end of the procedure. "list" will list all the messages
> you have. The format should be: <message number> <filesize>
> For example:
> 1 1432
> 2 3224
> 3 946
>
> replace the "nn" in "dele" with the number of the message you want
> to delete. For example, if its message number 3, then: dele 3
> Be advised that the message will only be deleted after you quit.
> If just you disconnect the telnet instead of using the quit command,
> the message will _not_ be deleted. (its a safety thing against
> having the message deleted by accident while getting your mail).
>
> Also, unless you'll have "local echo" enabled, you would not see
> what you type.. not really important, anyway. But still should know
> that. :)
>
> Other usefull commands if you want to know: "retr nn" read message,
> "noop" No Operator - let you about a minute or so of no keyboard
> input before disconnecting you instead of 20 seconds as usuall..
That's absolutely terrific Or !
- Clarence Verge
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