Windows 95/98/NT Telnet Instructions for Accessing Your Mail Account

1. Connect to the Internet as you normally would.
2. Click on the Start button.
3. Select Run...
4. In the text box, type telnet
5. Click OK
6. Click on Connect
7. Click on Terminal
8. Choose Preferences...
9. If Local Echo is not checked, check the box.
10. Click OK
11. Click on Connect.
12. Choose Remote System...
A connect Dialog box will appear. Enter information into the text boxes as indicated below.
   Host name:  mail.computerlynx.net
   Port: 110
   Term Type: vt100
8. Click the Connect button.
You will see: 
+OK Microsoft Exchange POP3 server version 5.0.1460.9 ready
Type:
user login {Press ENTER | where login is your e-mail login}
You will see: 
+OK
Type:
pass password {Press ENTER | where password is your e-mail password}
You will see: 
+OK User successfully logged on
Type:
list {the list command displays the individual messages in your mailbox and their byte sizes}
You will see: 
1 1509
2 1965
3 1250
.
 {This is an index of messages. The first number is a reference number for commands, the second number is the actual bytesize of the message}
Type:
retr 1 {the retr command is used to retrieve messages. Determine the number of the message you wish to retreive using the LIST command (mentioned previously)}
Note that retrieving a message does not delete it. Deletion method will be discussed later.
You will see: 
+OK
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Subject: NHC Weather Advisory
From: owner-hurricane@mail.orlandosentinel.com (OSO Hurricane Advisories List Ow
ner)
Reply-To: owner-hurricane@mail.orlandosentinel.com
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 11:03:04 -0700
Message-ID: <19980826180303.AAA14288@tribune12.su-colo.bbnplanet.com>
 
685
WTNT34 KNHC 261444
TCPAT4
BULLETIN
HURRICANE DANIELLE ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST WED AUG 26 1998
 
....DANIELLE EXPECTED TO PASS WELL NORTH OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS...
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DANIELLE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 19.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  52.1 WEST OR ABOUT 645 MILES
....1035 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS.
 
DANIELLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 21 MPH ...33
KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS. ON THIS TRACK..DANIELLE WILL BE PASSING WELL NORTH OF THE
LEEWARD ISLANDS DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH...165 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  30 MILES... 45 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO  80 MILES...130 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  970 MB...28.64 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...19.3 N... 52.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 21 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...105
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 970 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 PM AST.
 
AVILA
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT4 AND WMO HEADER WTNT74 KNHC.
 
 
 
 
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CONTENT WILL VARY ACCORDING TO YOUR MESSAGES
Type:
top 1 10 {the top command is used to retrieve messages, but with specifics: the first number is the message to be retrieved [in this case, 1] (determined by the LIST command), and the second number specifies how many lines [in this case, 10] to retrieve. Determine the number of the message you wish to retreive using the LIST command (mentioned previously)}
You will see: 
+OK
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Subject: NHC Weather Advisory
From: owner-hurricane@mail.orlandosentinel.com (OSO Hurricane Advisories List Ow
ner)
Reply-To: owner-hurricane@mail.orlandosentinel.com
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 11:03:04 -0700
Message-ID: <19980826180303.AAA14288@tribune12.su-colo.bbnplanet.com>
 
685
WTNT34 KNHC 261444
Type:
dele 1 {the dele command deletes the individual messages [in this case, message 1] in your mailbox}
You will see: 
+OK
Type:
quit
You will see, depending on the speed of your computer and internet connection: 
+OK Microsoft Exchange POP3 server version 5.0.1460.9 signing off