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<p>Added section showing how to telnet to pop mail server</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>= Telnet To Pop Server =<br /> <br /> One can use the &#039;&#039;&#039;telnet&#039;&#039;&#039; utility to check if a &#039;&#039;&#039;POP&#039;&#039;&#039; mail server is working (this can be useful if you are trying to determine if you are dealing with a server which is down, or a mis-configured client). The following commands demonstrate how one logs in and requests the list of mail message currently in the buffer:<br /> <br /> &lt;div class=&quot;screen&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;div class=&quot;screenTitle&quot;&gt;POP Session&lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div class=&quot;userInput&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;prompt&quot;&gt;[root@taco ~]# &lt;/span&gt;telnet pop3.mail.host.domain 110&lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;pre class=&quot;computerOutput&quot;&gt;<br /> +OK Hello There<br /> &lt;/pre&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;userInput&quot;&gt;USER email_login&lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;pre class=&quot;computerOutput&quot;&gt;<br /> +OK Password required.&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;userInput&quot;&gt;PASS email_password&lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;pre class=&quot;computerOutput&quot;&gt;<br /> +OK NUM_MSGS NUM_BYTES<br /> &lt;/pre&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;userInput&quot;&gt;LIST&lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;pre class=&quot;computerOutput&quot;&gt;<br /> 1 1400<br /> 2 57839<br /> ...<br /> &lt;/pre&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;userInput&quot;&gt;QUIT&lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;pre class=&quot;computerOutput&quot;&gt;<br /> +OK<br /> <br /> <br /> Connection to host lost.<br /> <br /> &lt;div class=&quot;userInput&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;prompt&quot;&gt;[root@taco ~]# &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;</div>

Paul Blankenbaker