Connecting to a POP3 Mail Server Using Telnet
Leading on from yesterday’s article on how to install telnet on Windows the next thing you need to know is how to access a mail server using it.
This is fairly simply and is standard across all versions of Windows since Windows 95 so you should be covered in most cases. Anyway, this is how you do it:
- Hit Window key + R on the keyboard,
- Type in telnet <mail server address> 110 (i.e. telnet mail.bigpond.com 110),
- Hit Enter,
- A telnet window should pop up with a one line POP3 greeting of some sort like “+OK POP3 server ready“,
- Type in user <username> (i.e. user boyd.c or boyd.c@bigpond.com depending on how your account is setup),
- Hit Enter,
- Type in pass <password>,
- Hit Enter.
That will get you logged in and ready to do stuff on the mail server. That said, what can you do now that you’re here? Stay tuned for tomorrow’s article where I walk you through some handy stuff including how to delete messages.
Boydo
My name is Boyd and I’m a Service Management Specialist with a knack for operational data gathering, transformation, analysis and reporting.
In 2012, I obtained my Masters of Science in Information Technology through the University of New South Wales @ The Australia Defence Force Academy (UNSW@ADFA).
I was also part of an online community known as the Panasonic Insider Crew in the capacity of “Insider Guru” for Panasonic Australia where I interacted with other tech enthusiasts and find out more about Panasonic's latest gadgets.
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