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On Monday, in article
     <20120806.1810.930278snz@twoplaces.co.uk>
     simon@twoplaces.co.uk "Simon Turner" wrote:

> On Monday, in article
>      <20120806.1656.6snz@cj4386.demon.co.uk>
>      colin@cj4386.demon.co.uk "colin may" wrote:
>
> > > > > On Sunday, in article
> > > > >      <20120805.1127.11snz@cj4386.demon.co.uk>
> > > > >      colin@cj4386.demon.co.uk "colin may" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Carrying out some tests with pop3 and mail.demon.co.uk.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Another problem has turned up In the last few hours. I telnet to
> > > > > > mail.demon.co.uk 110 it lets me in, but the command list does
> > > > > > not work.
>
> [...]
>
> > As far as I know, I typed in everything correctly. I'll try again just
> > to make sure.
> >
> > I've just tried again, result the same.
> >
> > I type in:
> >
> > telnet mail.demon.co.uk 110 user default mailbox pass **
>
> Ah; I see the problem.  You have to send the "user" and "pass" POP3
> commands to the server, *after* the connection is open and it has sent
> you its "POP3 service is ready" message.  Putting them in the telnet
> command line does nothing, because all telnet does is make the initial
> connection to the server on TCP port 110: it doesn't send any data to
> the server at all.  Telnet is like a dumb terminal, sending your
> keystrokes to the server and displaying the server's responses on your
> screen.
>
> > When connected I get
> > -OK tHE microsoft Exchange POP3 Server is ready.
> > type in the command "list" and get back:
> > -ERR Command is not valid in this state.
>
> That's because the server has no idea who you are: that "list<return>"
> command you sent it is the first thing it has heard from you.
>
> The full sequence should be like this:
>
>  1. Run the telnet command to connect to the server:
>
>       net>telnet mail.demon.co.uk 110<enter>
>
>  2. Wait for the telnet session to open, and the server to send its
>     welcome message:
>
>       +OK The Microsoft Exchange POP3 service is ready.
>
>  3. Type the POP3 "user" command like this:
>
>       user administrator@********.demon.co.uk<enter>
>
>  4. Wait for the server's response:
>
>       +OK
>
>  5. Type the POP3 "pass" command like this:
>
>       pass ********<enter>
>
>  6. Wait for the server's response:
>
>       +OK User successfully logged on.
>
>  7. Now that you're logged in to the server, you can send it other POP3
>     commands, like the "list" command:
>
>       list<enter>
>
>     then wait for the server's response, which will be something like:
>
>       +OK 3 4934
>       1 1782
>       2 2907
>       3 1055
>       .
>
>     indicating that you have three messages waiting, with total size
>     4934 bytes; message 1 is 1782 bytes, message 2 is 2907, and message
>     3 is 1055.
>
>  8. If you wish, use the POP3 "top M B" command to see the header and the
>     first B body lines of message M, e.g.:
>
>       top 2 5<enter>    [header and first 5 body lines of message 2]
>
>     to which the server will respond something like this:
>
>       +OK
>       Received: from smtp.demon.co.uk (192.168.70.9) by HVUT02.thus.corp
>       [...snip some header lines...]
>       X-MS-Exchange-Organization-AuthSource: HVUT02.thus.corp
>       X-MS-Exchange-Organization-AuthAs: Anonymous
>       MIME-Version: 1.0
>
>       [...first five lines of message body...]
>       .
>
>     If you only want the header, ask for 0 body lines (e.g. "top 2 0").
>
>  9. You can retrieve the whole of message M (header and body) with the
>     POP3 "retr M" command, e.g.:
>
>       retr 2<enter>     [retrieve whole of message 2]
>
>     to which the server will respond something like this:
>
>       +OK
>       Received: from smtp.demon.co.uk (192.168.70.9) by HVUT02.thus.corp
>       [...snip some header lines...]
>       X-MS-Exchange-Organization-AuthSource: HVUT02.thus.corp
>       X-MS-Exchange-Organization-AuthAs: Anonymous
>       MIME-Version: 1.0
>
>       [...snip message body...]
>       .
>
> 10. Once you've finished, log out of the server by sending
>
>       quit<enter>
>
>     to which it will respond thus:
>
>       +OK Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 POP3 server signing off.
>
> Note that if you don't send anything to the server for 60 seconds, it
> will time out and break the connection.

Many thanks, must be getting old? Everything is working OK.