Telnet


  • What is my Hostname?
  • What Port Do I Use To Check Mail?
  • What is the Account Name?
  • How Do I Delete Problem Email?

    • Although the program that we use in this discussion is Telnet v1.0, which is included as part of the Windows 95 distribution. The basic commands are used in all programs. If you are using Linux or Mac Machines, there are numerous shareware telnet clients available for those operating systems. You can check some of the possibilities with your favorite search engine.

    Initiating a Telnet Session

    When you launch your telnet program a terminal window is opened. This is where you will be able, once connected, to type commands directly to a remote computer. Move your mouse to the top of the window to display the "Connect" pulldown menu; it should look similar to the figure at the right. Drag down to highlight "Remote System", and release. The resulting popup "Connect" login screen looks like the figure below.


    You may make a connection by typing into the "Host Name" window of this popup the telnet address to which you wish to connect and clicking the "Connect" button at the bottom of this window. If you wish to connect to your pop account you would use 110 for the Port Setting. In the example shown, the address is popmail.webstorage.com.

    Review

    What is my Hostname?
    Hostname is your domain (NT Accounts use popmail.webstorage.com)
    What port?
    You need to Connect to Port 110
    What is the Account Name? The account name is the first part of the address it would be sales in sales@yourdomain.com

    You will then get the screen shown below. You will type "user" a space and then the account in the example it is pop999 if you have entered this correctly you will get the +ok message if not you will get and error message like the one shown in the example to the right. Next type "pass" a space and the password for the popaccount. Press enter. You should see a Congratulations message. Next type the command "list" this lists all mail in the account.



    Deleting Problem Mail with Telnet

    Telnet 1.0 is a very straightforward implementation of telnet, and as such does not have a lot of bells and whistles. To delete problem or oversized email you will have to know the following commands:

    list - Lists all mail in a numbered fashion
    retr- Retrieves the mail so you can read it
    dele- Deletes the indicated email #

    When using the commands "retr" and "dele" you MUST specify the message number! So to delete message 1 it would look something like this: