[Tfug] Telnet/mail

[klsmith]

Hi Glenn,

Thanks.  I'll take a look.

Keith

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glenn Shannon" <warl0k@lvcm.com>
To: <tfug@tfug.org>
Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 7:53 PM
Subject: RE: Re: [Tfug] Telnet/mail


> Evolution. :)
> 
> Looks/acts/configures like MS Outlook....
> 
> Pretty easy to use, I use it myself.
> 
> :)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tfug-admin@tfug.org [mailto:tfug-admin@tfug.org] On Behalf Of
> klsmith@ultrasw.com
> Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 6:48 PM
> To: tfug@tfug.org
> Subject: Re: Re: [Tfug] Telnet/mail
> 
> Brian your an animal!
> 
> I tried it and it worked.  Cool!
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> Anyone have a suggestion for a mail client that would:
> 
> 1) run under blackbox
> 2) allow for multiple accounts
> 3) configurable for automating what account mail goes in what directory
> 4) must be simple stupid so I can use it.
> 
> Thanks to everyone for your help.
> 
> Keith
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brian Murphy <murphy@u.arizona.edu>
> Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 6:01:54 PM
> To: <tfug@tfug.org>
> Subject: Re: [Tfug] Telnet/mail
> 
> > On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 05:45:10PM -0700, klsmith wrote:
> > > I thought I could simply look at my mail using telnet (I know it is
> not
> > > secure)  Just wanted to try.
> > > 
> > > Any suggestions on a simple command line app that will allow for
> reading my
> > > mail while it is still on the ISP server?
> > 
> > You'll want to talk to the POP or IMAP ports to read your mail.  SMTP
> is
> > mostly for sending.
> > 
> > Both mutt and pine (yuck) can read IMAP folders.  Probably pop too,
> but I
> > haven't used POP in a long time.
> > 
> > If you're really curious about POP...
> > 
> > telnet server 110
> > user username
> > pass password
> > list
> > retr 1
> > quit
> > 
> > 
> > Optionally, the top command will only bring back the number of lines
> in a 
> message
> > that you specify...
> > 
> > top message# num_of_lines
> > 
> > This is good for seeing the header.  POP is meant to be a simple
> protocol.  
> You can't
> > seek to the middle of a message.  And, not all servers implement top.
> > 
> > See http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1939.html for all of the commands.
> > 
> > Brian
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