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On Thursday, in article
     <20120726.1320.929535snz@twoplaces.co.uk>
     simon@twoplaces.co.uk "Simon Turner" wrote:

> On Thursday, in article
>      <20120726.1043.1snz@cj4386.demon.co.uk>
>      colin@cj4386.demon.co.uk "colin may" wrote:
>
> > Still having no luck logging on to the new mail platform, below is what I do.
> >
> > telnet mail.demon.co.uk 110
> > Resolving mail.demon.co.uk... trying 91.221.168.28:110
> > Telnet session 1 connected to mail.demon.co.uk
> > +OK The Microsoft Exchange POP3 service is ready.
> >
> > I type in username and get the message
> > -ERR Protocol error  19
>
> Are you just entering the username, or are you preceding it with the
> command "user"?  If not, that would explain the error 19 (which seems to
> be "unknown command").
>
> e.g. type "user administrator@yourdomain.demon.co.uk<enter>"
>
> > Type in password and get the message
> > -ERR Protocol error  19
>
> Ditto for the password: it must be preceded by the command "pass".
>
> e.g. type "pass yourpassword<enter>"
>
> Let us know if that helps, or if you're still having problems.
>
> By the way, do you have web access that will allow you to use the Email
> Management Portal?
>
> Brief GremNOS status report: non-compliant "Return-Path:" fields are now
> handled, and I've fixed the bug that stopped it putting POP3 messages in
> the specified mailbox[*], but at present you have to either (a) set up
> separate mailboxes for all your active usernames, then collect for each
> mailbox separately, or (b) leave the single "administrator" mailbox as
> the catch-all and put up with all messages being put into a single
> mailbox, regardless of the original recipient address.
>
> I'm intending to add an "auto" recipient mailbox mode, which will parse
> the "Received:" fields (or failing that, the "To:" and "Cc:" fields) to
> try to find the original recipient, so that it stands a fighting chance
> of doing the right thing if you get messages for multiple recipients in
> a single mailbox (e.g. you only have the detault administrator mailbox);
> it probably won't handle multiple recipient messages particularly well
> (unless they all have separate mailboxes), but I think it will be as
> good as can be achieved without the old *ENV feature (RIP).
>
> [*] the code worked the way I had documented it when I wrote it, but
> that wasn't how I had really intended it to work... 8-/
>

I just tried the user and pass, it let me in. Not using telnet very often, I
don't know much about the commands to use. Tried list and it showed me, I
presume the mail waiting. Any guidance would be welcome.

Thanks for all the help.