Unrelated to Debian. Telnet

2001-05-17 Thread Wayne
Hi All, I search the web for an answer, but came up short. Occasionally I get some junk mail that will hang my system and won't let me get my mail. So I telnet into my isp an look for the culprit. The command I use is retr # ---# is the message number. What command do I use to delete the said

Re: Unrelated to Debian. Telnet

2001-05-17 Thread frankie
On Thu, May 17, 2001 at 07:38:06AM -0400, Wayne wrote: Hi All, I search the web for an answer, but came up short. Occasionally I get some junk mail that will hang my system and won't let me get my mail. So I telnet into my isp an look for the culprit. The command I use is retr # ---# is the

Re: Unrelated to Debian. Telnet

2001-05-17 Thread Martin Feeney
On Thu, 17 May 2001 12:38:06 Wayne wrote: I search the web for an answer, but came up short. Search for RFC 1939. It'll tell you all about POP. The command you're looking for is DELE (e.g. dele 12). mbf.

Re: Unrelated to Debian. Telnet

2001-05-17 Thread Gordon Hart
On Thu, May 17, 2001 at 07:38:06AM -0400, Wayne wrote: Hi All, I search the web for an answer, but came up short. try a search for pop rfc at www.google.com Occasionally I get some junk mail that will hang my system and won't let me get my mail. So I telnet into my isp an look for the

Re: Unrelated to Debian. Telnet

2001-05-17 Thread Ilya Martynov
W Hi All, W I search the web for an answer, but came up short. W Occasionally I get some junk mail that will hang W my system and won't let me get my mail. So I W telnet into my isp an look for the culprit. The W command I use is retr # ---# is the message number. W What command do I use to

Re: Unrelated to Debian. Telnet

2001-05-17 Thread Tomaas Ortega
you can always telnet into your isp, if they allow telnet access, use pine or mutt, and actually see if anything is worthwhile. i know i get alot of junkmail and spam. i either filter it out or delete it straight off the isp so i dont have to deal with any crap. On Thu, 17 May 2001, Gordon

Re: Unrelated to Debian. Telnet

2001-05-17 Thread Wayne
Hi again, I want to thank everyone for the pointer. I found a gold mine!!! Wayne Martin Feeney wrote: On Thu, 17 May 2001 12:38:06 Wayne wrote: I search the web for an answer, but came up short. Search for RFC 1939. It'll tell you all about POP. The command you're looking for is DELE

Re: Unrelated to Debian. Telnet

2001-05-17 Thread John Galt
On Thu, 17 May 2001, Wayne wrote: Hi All, I search the web for an answer, but came up short. Occasionally I get some junk mail that will hang my system and won't let me get my mail. So I telnet into my isp an look for the culprit. The command I use is retr # ---# is the message number. What