Deleting mail directly from the server

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2 total messages Started by Jonathan Jermey Mon, 25 Aug 1997 00:00

#174

Author: Jonathan Jermey
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 00:00

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Twice now I've been unable to access my e-mail from a POP server because
it's been queued behind a big message which won't download. I've looked at
various Win95 mail notification programs but haven't been able to find one
that will allow the user to delete mail directly from the server without
downloading it to my own PC - i.e. after showing me the headers but before
trying to download the text. Can anyone point me to a program that will do
this?

Thanks

Jonathan.

Re: Deleting mail directly from the server

#175

Author: Martin Gleeson
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 00:00

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tom@black.interact.net.au (tom minchin) writes:

>"Jonathan Jermey" <Diagonal@onaustralia.com.au> writes:
>>Twice now I've been unable to access my e-mail from a POP server because
>>it's been queued behind a big message which won't download. I've looked at
>>various Win95 mail notification programs but haven't been able to find one
>>that will allow the user to delete mail directly from the server without
>>downloading it to my own PC - i.e. after showing me the headers but before
>>trying to download the text. Can anyone point me to a program that will do
>>this?

>If you have a decent telnet program you can do this:

>telnet popserver.com.au

Should be:
telnet popserver.com.au. 110
(or "telnet popserver.com.au. 109" if it's not a POP3 server)

>user yourusername
>pass yourpassword

>Then you can do a 'list' and use 'dele messagenumber' on the offending
>message. You can look at the top of the message to make sure you've got
>the right one by doing a 'top numberoflines messagenumber'.

Cheers,
Marty.
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