Checking to see if I have email from Command Prompt / Telnet

the Guru

I have seen this been done before and I can remember how it was done

it was from the Command Prompt opened up telnet I think to a certain setting and port put in your user name and password and it told you if you had any unread mail.

???????????? any one

lynchie

telnet MY_POP_SERVER.com 110

When connected type

user MY_USER_NAME
pass MY_PASSWORD
stat

type quit to exit

AFAIK stat is the correct command to see if there is new email.

Dingatron

You don't specify which mail server. If its eircom I think its

telnet mail1.eircom.net 25

You should get a login prompt if they allow telnet access?

Pimp Ninja

A quick Google revealed enough to make ya an expert :-P

Telnet - POP Commands (retrieving mail using telnet)
http://www.yuki-onna.co.uk/email/pop.html

Telnet - SMTP Commands (sending mail using telnet)
http://www.yuki-onna.co.uk/email/smtp.html

DMC

Originally posted by ding
You don't specify which mail server. If its eircom I think its

telnet mail1.eircom.net 25

No, thats the SMTP port number. You should go for

telnet mail1.eircom.net 110

user (your username)
pass (password)
list (lists all the mails and sizes)

For each mail type in

top 1 5 (where you are looking at the top 5 header lines of the first message, if you type " top 1 10 " the top 10 header lines appear and so on)

To Delete type in

del 1 (which deletes the 1st message)

To quit, dont press x in the top right of the window, you must type quit

telnet pop.indigo.ie 110 and telnet gpo.iol.ie 110 work in this fashion too. There's heaps more commands, cant remember them all, but these are the basics

HTH,

Damo.

Gaz

works fine on pop.oceanfree.net 110 also ...bloody handy for checking mail

Dingatron

Yeah SMTP doh! Never tested it. Messing around with port numbers recently and thought 25 was POP. Ah well can't get them all right.

the Guru

Its telling me that my user in invalid

what am i doing wrong ?????????????
Cant be its my private email address

spongebob

its not the email address

if my email was pnolan@eircom.ie

it would be

USER pnolan
PASS *********
STAT <return> to get number of messages and confim log on

Ste-

just trying this and when i press enter to get to the line to input password it comes up -ERR popgate unknown command
bit of help
this could be usefull for work.

ok nevermind ive just spotted my mistake

the Guru

Yeah Muck I know That loose all after the@ sign
But Its still not working .

any Ideas ?????????

Valentia

Go here http://www.ultrafunk.com/products/popcorn/ and download Popcorn. Neat small and cah be carried around on a floppy or memory stick. Saves a lot of hassle.

the Guru

What are the Correct Ports for
POP and SMTP mail server is 110 and 25

seamus

Yep,

Generally the POP3 (where you get your mail from) port is 110.

The SMTP (where you send from) port is 25.

If your provider is using different ports, they'd let you know.

steve-hosting36

Or, you can shell in as your user and run pine ? (A shell based email client)

Mr E

I'm trying to download my eircom mails to my mail client. The mail program doesn't seem to think there are any messages on the server.

I've just tried to telnet to mail1.eircom.net and can log in successfully, but "list" just says "+OK" and displays a "."

If I log in at webmail.eircom.net, I see 42 messages.

What do I need to do to download them?

- Dave.