Mark,
Normaly Telnet is used to log into a distant server, like a Unix
server to read email. Usually, these servers have Pine to read email.
You don't say, but are you using Pine? Telnet is usually just a vehicle
to get to the destination.
Michael
On Wed, 16 Feb 2000 04:15:55 -0500 Mark David Roth
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>I finally found out a little bit about TELNET. I wanted to use it to
>delete some files from my email server. I was able to login OK and it
>seemed to accept the deletions I wanted to make. But I know I need a
>successful update to get them to work and I couldn't do it. I tried
>entring
>UPDATE and I got back an -err message. When I tried the QUIT command I
>also
>got an -err message for that butit did quit and return to Arachne. It
>did
>not successfuly delete the messages. What else can I do to get it tpo
>work?
>Is there something wrong with the copy of TELNET that I have?
