read the pop rfc then just telnet to port 110 orf the pop server
user yuri pass password stat top list dele give it a try On Fri, 22 Nov 2002 13:56:18 +1300 Yuri de Groot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If Mr Rooney or someone else is willing, I would love to > hear a talk (and demo?) of using telnet to the pop port > and other ports to do fancy trickery. > > If someone is willing to point me to a good tutorial I'll > learn it myself and give the talk mid 2003, if I get around > to learning it. > > I have managed to send emails by telneting to a smtp port > and typing HELO etc. > > yuri > > Thus spake Helmut Walle on this Fri, 22 Nov 2002 : > ] On Fri, 22 Nov 2002, Wayne Rooney wrote: > ] ... > ] >> You can get some of the benefits of IMAP from POP3 by using telnet. And > ] > it's a damm site faster than using the ISP's web based mail too. > ] > ] Hi Wayne, > ] > ] Very good comment; using telnet on the POP port is good for > ] low-bandwidth connections, and it also is a good way of playing with > ] POP and getting acquainted with the matter. The interactivity, > ] however, comes from telnet, and not from POP in this case, if I > ] understand it correctly? > -- Nick Rout Barrister & Solicitor Christchurch, NZ Ph +64 3 3798966 Fax + 64 3 3798853 http://www.rout.co.nz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
