Re: ### NOS_POP3, Falcon030 Help!

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From: Simon Oke
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 00:00

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In article <199607202149.AA02206@moroder.demon.co.uk> Stephen Mulrine <robotron@moroder.demon.co.uk> writes:
> In comp.sys.atari.st, awood@f030.demon.co.uk (Andrew Wood) wrote:
> >What should I do to find out whether any mail is waiting on a POP3 account?
> 
> Use "telnet <hostname> 110" to call up your POP server.  Log in with "USER
> <username>" and "PASS <password>".  The server should then tell you how many
> messages are in your mailbox, and the total size in bytes.  At this point
> you could actually read your messages, but I don't remember the appropriate
> commands.  "QUIT" will log you off.

RETR <number> to show a message, and DELE <number> to delete it, are
the commands you're after. Messages will be held on the server until
you give the DELE command; you can have them sent multiple times if
you wish.

RFC 1939 has the gory details.



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Simon Oke, Demon Internet Ltd.

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