Mark Bateman said:
Hi,
I'm using telnet by typing in
telnet://<server ip address>
does anyone know which tcp/ip port number ie 6 uses to obain the
connection.
.... below is for freeserve, so you would need
to use *your* ISP info...
HTH
Overview of Telnet:
Telnet is a program that allows you to manually connect to a server on the
Internet, such as your pop3 server where your email is stored. Once you are
connected you will be required to type in your user name and password. Once
this is done you will then be able view / delete any mails on that account.
Telnet was not designed to be overly user friendly, and you should ensure
you read through the next section before attempting to use Telnet to delete
Email. Whilst the process is very straightforward it is important to type in
the commands exactly as they are written and remember that wherever you see
[username] you should type in your own username, this will be in the format
of the one below:
smith.freeserve.co.uk
i.e. everything after the @ symbol in your email address. Wherever you see
[password], type in your Freeserve password, ensuring that it is typed in in
the correct case - all Freeserve passwords are case sensitive.
NOTE If you do delete your email, the changes will only become permanent
when you type in quit and press enter to close Telnet. This can be useful to
know in case you accidentally delete the wrong email and wish to cancel the
changes. If this is the case, close Telnet by clicking on the cross in the
top right hand corner of the window. You can then start the process again
from the beginning.
You need to get the spelling right the first time, if you make a spelling
mistake just press enter a few times and try typing the line in again. Even
though it looks like you can change spelling mistakes you cannot.
SECTION 1: Running and configuring Telnet
Step1: From the Windows desktop, click on the Start button, go to Run, and
type in Telnet and press enter.
Step2: Click on the Terminal Menu and select preferences, ensure that Local
Echo has a tick next to it, if this is not selected then you will not be
able to see what you type (You only need to do this once.)
SECTION 2: Using Telnet to delete your mail
Before attempting this process for the first time, we recommend that you
read the rest of this document, and keep it close as a reference when you
are attempting the procedure.
Step 1: Start your Freeserve connection, either by launching IE or double
click My Computer, then Dial-Up Networking and double click on the Freeserve
connection icon.
Step 2: Run Telnet (see section1).
Step 3: Click on the Connect menu and select remote system. A box will
appear, you need to make sure the Host Name is set to pop.freeserve.net, and
the port is set to 110. Click on Connect. You should see a message at the
top starting with '+OK'. If you can see this you are connected.
Step 4: You now need to identify yourself so that you can access your email,
to do this type in the following:
user [username]
Press enter you should now see a '+OK' response. Now type:
pass [password]
Press enter and you should now see a '+OK' response. You are now
successfully connected.
Step5: Now that you are connected, type:
list
and you will see a list of any emails currently stored on your account. This
will be in the following format:
1 1258
2 4654
The fiqure on the left is the email number, and the figure on the right is
the size of the email. To view an email type in:
Retr n (short for retreive email number n)
To delete an email type in:
Dele n (short for delete email number n)
REMEMBER in order for these changes to become permanent you must finish your
Telnet session by typing quit followed by enter. To cancel any changes,
close Telnet by clicking the cross in the top right of the window.
Repeat the above procedure for all emails you wish to delete then type in
quit followed by enter to finish.
If you wish to delete more than one email at a time, type:
Xdele n1 n2
This function will delete multiple email, where n1 is number of the first
email to delete, and n2 is the number of the last. Note that all emails
between n1 and n2 will aslo be deleted. Remember, these changes only take
effect when you type quit then press enter.
