Telnet and email

Open a connection from your computer to your mail server.
Code:
telnet mail.domain.ext 110

You should receive a reply like:
Trying ???.???.???.???...
Connected to mail.domain.ext.
Escape character is '^]'.
+OK ready

Then log in:
Code:
USER username

This should give you:
+OK Password required for userName.

Now give your password:
Code:
PASS password

Should yield:
+OK userName has ? visible messages (? hidden) in ????? octets.

To see a list of your emails awaiting collection use the LIST command, this will also show you the id number of your messages (e.g. 1 or 2 etc.)

To view the contents of an email type RETR + the id number of the message (e.g RETR 1).

To delete a message use DELE + the id number of the message (e.g DELE 1).

To leave your mailbox and close the connection use QUIT

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Telnet and email