On Fri, 21 Jan 2000 13:19:05 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
> delete the offending file from the server simply by using Telnet. With my
> current ISP I have so far never suffered the experience of having a message
> getting "stuck" on the POP3 server. If I should ever have a problem like
> that, I don't know what I could do about it. My current ISP does not even
> permit its subscribers to accesss the POP3 server by means of Telnet.
> I wonder why they would have a policy of prohibiting Telnet access. Does
> anyone have any thoughts on the matter?
Security concerns and the fear of subscribers messing about somehow
where they don't "need" to be.
Sam Ewalt
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