Hi. This message is somewhat FB related (but not really). I am
experimenting with TCP and FB, and I want to communicate with a mail server
to issue mail retrieval and related commands (STAT, etc).
I log into the mailserver, but I can't work out how to retrieve mail. Of
course, I know how to do this with an email client, but I really can't work
out how to do it when I telnet in. I can send mail (MAIL FROM, RCPT TO,
DATA, etc), but I am unsure how to login to the mailserver to retrieve
mail. I assume I use port 25 as I do when sending mail?

Any help would be much appreciated. If you respond to the list, please also
send a copy to me privately, as I'm on the digest and I won't get it for a
while.

Thanks alot!


- James Tolchard -


"The first 90 percent of the code accounts for the first 90 percent of the
development time. The remaining 10 percent of the code accounts for the
other 90 percent of the development time." -Tom Cargill.