On Wed, 16 Feb 2000 04:15:55 -0500, Mark David Roth wrote:
> 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?
The best source of information I know of about TELNET and how it may be
used for working with email may be found here:
http://stud1.tuwien.ac.at/~e8926506/siberia.htm
Some ISPs, mine for example, do not allow subscribers to use TELNET to
get into their email and do anything with it. I have been so informed
by the technical support people. My former ISP did allow TELNET access
to email and I was successful in using the Telnet program that was
provided as an APM for Arachne version 1.42b.
Sam Heywood
-- This mail was written by user of Arachne, the Ultimate Internet Client
