How to test your POP3 email account via Telnet?
(telnet may not be installed in your desktop PC by default)
- In Windows, Start Menu, choose Run, input cmd, and press enter
- It shows a Command Prompt black windows
- Assume your POP3 server is mail.asphk.net
input – telnet mail.asphk.net 110
press enter - Assume your email address is myname@mydomain.com , email password is 123455 , and have 5 emails on server
- In telnet session, if key input by mistake, please close the telnet session, and restart a new one (do not use backspace to fix it)
+OK POP3 server ready <8201a916-560c-46e1-b65d-dce84b5ae33c>
USER myname@mydomain.com
+OK User:’myname@mydomain.com’ ok
PASS 123456
+OK Password ok
LIST
+OK 5 messages (16174 octets)
1 3287
2 3234
3 3244
4 3245
5 3164
.
RETR 1
+OK 3287 octets
Return-Path: <info@website-solution.net>
Received: from imsantv35.netvigator.com [210.87.250.138] by mail.asphk.net with
SMTP;
Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:37:43 +0800
…
…
…
RETR 2
+OK 3234 octets
Return-Path: <info@website-solution.net>
Received: from imsantv35.netvigator.com [210.87.250.138] by mail.asphk.net with
SMTP;
Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:37:43 +0800
…
…
…
QUIT
If it shows the above content in your Telnet session, it means the network connectivity is normal.
You may check your Outlook , Outlook Express or Windows Live Mail, etc.
