Telnet

[Si]

How do I telnet to something? I need to test a email address is accessible
and I've been told to telnet to it

 

[Wouter]

How do I telnet to something? I need to test a email
address is accessible and I've been told to telnet to it

Start>Run, type: telnet <pop address of your provider> 110

(e.g. telnet pop.kabelfoon.nl 110)

The screen will display: +OK solid POP3 server ready

Now type: user <username>

The screen will display: +OK usename accepted

Now type: pass <your password>

The screen will display: +OK authentication succesful

If this succeeds, you can can connect to your email server and
logon.

Optional type: list

The screen will now list sequence numbers for available email
messages and the number of bytes.

 

[Enkidu]

How do I telnet to something? I need to test a email address is accessible
and I've been told to telnet to it

Wouter describes how to verify a POP server. If you want to see if an
SMTP server is responding, type "telnet <servername> 25" at a command
prompt. You should see a message from the server.

Cheers,

Cliff