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In article <yFmIRDAFRCRzEw7I@objmedia.demon.co.uk>, Snail
<snail@objmedia.demon.co.uk> writes

>My initial idea was that since SMTP was used to send the email I could
>use SMTP with the 'TURN<CRLF>' command to make the demon end of the
>connect become the sender and my end the receiver. Sadly
>post.demon.co.uk doesn't implement TURN (TURN is optional in the spec).

no one implements TURN; it is a big security headache. Demon don't
implement the rather more secure ETRN either.

>That said the email configure dialog in Turnpike sort of indicates that
>SMTP, POP and POP3 can be used...

You can arrange for email delivery to your Demon node by either running
an SMTP server or by using a POP3 client

>So I'm wondering how Turnpike (which I'm using to write this) loads its
>email.

your choice (see above)

> I'm not using POP3 at present (Indeed the POP3 code I have can't
>open port 110 on post.demon.co.uk (I don't know that it is indeed
>post.demon.co.uk if using POP3, a quick look at www.demon.net didn't
>show any pointers).

POP3 mail should be collected from pop3.demon.co.uk/110. If you run an
SMTP server then you will need to listen on port 25. A longer look at
www.demon.net would locate this information: start at www.demon.net/faq
and follow all the links!

>I've tried WWW searches on POP and POP3 specs with no luck so far.

try ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/mirrors/internic/rfc/rfc-index.txt

>So could someone please tell me what protocol I should be trying to use, 
>and if I should be talking to something other than post.demon.co.uk.
>I'd be most grateful for the pointers.

some people find clients simpler than servers, so a POP3 client may be
easier for you. Certainly in the POP3 world you have fewer obligations
to fulfill to conform to relevant STDs.

>Likewise, I'm sure I'll run into the same protocol requirements/troubles
>for news, so pointers on what demon use will be gratefully received.

NNTP is documented in RFC977, the format of messages in RFC1036, though
you should read "son-of-RFC1036" (easily found on ftp://zoo.toronto.edu)
and of course you must be familiar with RFC821, 822 and 1123 already

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