How to retrive email using telnet

How to retrieve an email from a server using telnet

Here is the example of retrieving email from ms-mvps.com

In Command Prompt, type

telnet pop3.ms-mvps.com 110

+OK pop3.ms-mvps.com ChicagoTech Mail 2 POP3 Tue, 1 May 2005 11:48:29 -040

0 <20050531114829@pop3.ms-mvps.com>

user blin@ms-mvps.com

+OK blin@ms-mvps.com

pass boblin

+OK 1 messages 2971 octets

retr 1

+OK 2971 octets

Received: from pop3.chicagotech.org ([10.0.0.2])

by pop3.ms-mvps.com (chicagoTech Mail 2) with ESMTP id IYG74540

for <blin@ms-mvps.com>; Tue, 31 May 2005 11:48:15 -0400

X-Spam-Score: 1

Received: from boblaptop (unverified [192.168.11.11]) by chicagotech.org

(Rockliffe SMTPRA 6.1.20) with ESMTP id <B0025450138@pop3.chicagotech.org> for <blin@ms-mvps.com>;

Tue, 31 May 2005 15:46:07 +0000

Message-ID: <003f01c565f7$e5c86450$0902a8c0@ boblaptop >

Reply-To: "Bob Lin $MS-MVP$" <blin@chicagotech.org>

From: "Bob Lin $MS-MVP$" <blin@ chicagotech.org >

To: <blin@ms-mvps.com>

Subject: Hello bob

Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 10:46:23 -0500

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE

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