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POP3 — an example

What you type is in bold type. You can get an POP3 connection by telnetting to port 110 (e.g. telnet pop3.example.com 110)

+OK memoryhole POP3 Server
USER sclause
+OK
PASS password
+OK sclause has 2 message (320 octets)
STAT
+OK 2 (320 octets)
LIST
+OK 2 (320 octets)
1 (120 octets)
2 (200 octets)
RETR 1
+OK (120 octets)
your message
TOP 2 10
+OK
the top ten lines of message 2
DELE 2
+OK message 2 deleted
DELE 1
+OK message 1 deleted
QUIT
+OK

Easy.

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