Hi Gerald and all, On Tue, 02 Oct 2001 07:50:09 +0000, "Edenyard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That works well. But is there any way, using Telnet, that you can > tell who sent the message before you DELE it??? > Gerald. here is some stuff from a page I saved in my download dir: <snip> =========================================================================== I sit in Siberia and have only Telnet and want to send an e-mail? Set in your telnet options local echo to on. Type the address of your SMTP mail server. Set port to 25 and press Enter to connect. Type: helo To see available commands or possible syntax differences type: help Type: mail from:your@address Type: rcpt to:recipient@address Writing the message: Type: data Date and time ( GMT or offset e.g. 14:01:00 +0600 ) Type: Date: 8 Jan 2000 18:45:00 GMT Type: From: your@address Type: To: recipient@address Type: Subject: Let's have a cup of tea. Type: Just press Enter to insert a blank line. Now you can type the main text of your message. When finished type on a new line a . point and press Enter. You should get a message that your mail has been accepted. To disconnect from the mail server type: quit =========================================================================== I sit in Siberia and have only Telnet and want to check mail on my pop mail account? Set in your telnet options local echo to on. Type the address of your pop mail server. Set port to 110 and press Enter to connect. Type: user your_accountname Type: pass your_password To get a list of numbers and size of messages type: list To read one of the mails type: retr number (of the message) To tag a mail for deletion on exit: dele number (of the message) To end connection type: quit Other pop server commands top x y shows of message number x the first y lines rset removes deletion tag of files stat for details about the mailbox uidl number information about that message noop to test if connection to pop server still exists =========================================================================== <snip> I'm sorry but I forgot the URL but it was a recommendation from a member of this list. HTH, Regards Joerg -- Arachne V1.70, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
