How to Access your Email box using Telnet

Checking Mail

If you installed telnet client and want read popup email do the following steps:

1. Connect to popup server using command:
   telnet popserver 110Message will appear:
   +OK sigiri POP3 Server (Version 1.004) ready.
2. Enter your username using command:
   USER username
   Message will appear:
   +OK please send PASS command
3. Enter your password:
   PASS userpassword
   Message will appear:
   +OK 2 messages ready for manages in ..
4. Now you can use commands of popup:
   list This will display the total number of messages and size.
   retr #no Displays the message-no including headers. 
   top #no lines Displays the display top lines from message-no including headers.
   dele #no Deletes the message-#no
   quit ends your session.

Sending Mail

  If you installed telnet client and want read smtp email do the following steps:

1. Connect to popup server using command:
   telnet popserver 25
2. Introduce  yourself using command:
   HELO hostname
3. Specify the sender using command:
   MAIL FROM: sender
4. Specify recipient using command:
   RCPT TO: recipient
5. Write message using command:
   DATA e-mail message.
   End message dot followed by newline.
6. You  can specify new sender using command:
   RSET Resets the system. 
7. You can end smtp session command:
   QUIT Exit sendmail (SMTP)