Deleting mail on the server
Kate Brown
problems -
Now I've got another one! Some beast has sent me a 7MB spam on email -
I don't want it and it's blocking everything else. I know I can delete
it on the server by using the webmail facility, but have great
difficulty in understanding how to do so from the instructions on the
Demon website. I've set a password and all that, but did it some time
ago and am neither sure whether it's still valid nor where to use it now
I've got it.
Could anybody tell me where to start? As in, for example, what address
do I type into the browser (IE3) to get to the mailserver?
--
Kate B
London
Colin Price
<elv...@cockaigne.demon.co.uk> writes
I guess you have looked at
http://www.demon.net/services/mail/webmail.html
As far I remember, following the links from there will get you to the
right place, with a choice of "secure" and "insecure" versions.
You will need a pop3 password - I can't see why the one you set won't
still be valid. If, however, there is a problem with this, you can set
up a new one by telnetting to password.demon.co.uk and following the
prompts (you will need your log-in password for this). There is a new
web-based password service too, but I can't recall the URL for this.
Regards,
--
Colin Price
Matthew Slowe
<Co...@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
>In article <BuhoaDAjMrN3Ew$R...@cockaigne.demon.co.uk>, Kate Brown
><elv...@cockaigne.demon.co.uk> writes
>>do I type into the browser (IE3) to get to the mailserver?
>
>I guess you have looked at
>
>http://www.demon.net/services/mail/webmail.html
>
>As far I remember, following the links from there will get you to the
>right place, with a choice of "secure" and "insecure" versions.
>
>You will need a pop3 password - I can't see why the one you set won't
>still be valid. If, however, there is a problem with this, you can set
>up a new one by telnetting to password.demon.co.uk and following the
>prompts (you will need your log-in password for this). There is a new
>web-based password service too, but I can't recall the URL for this.
>
>Regards,
If this does not work (seem to remember it not working for me under
IE3), telnet to telnet:pop3.demon.co.uk type in the following
[START]
<ENTER>
USER cockaigne <ENTER>
- it displays '+OK'
PASS <the password you set>
- it displays '+OK'
LIST
- it shows a list like: # ########
the first number is the message number, the second it the size
(bytes) Find the massive one's number
DELE #
- it displays '+OK', I think
QUIT
[DONE]
Good luck!
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Mike Mann
<ad...@127.0.0.1> wrote:
>If this does not work (seem to remember it not working for me under
>IE3), telnet to telnet:pop3.demon.co.uk type in the following
<snip correct dialogue>
Regardless of the Web browser you have, this can also be done using
the telnet program in Windows. Just do Start -> Run and type:
telnet pop3.demon.co.uk 110
Alternatively, there's a free point-and-click program at:
http://www.kempston.demon.co.uk/smb/
which does this for you.
Regards, Mike.
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Kate Brown
eventually - but I've always wanted to know how to telnet, as there it
is sitting there on the Connect button bar. What else is telnet useful
for?
--
Kate B
London
John Underwood
<elv...@cockaigne.demon.co.uk> wrote in demon.ip.support.turnpike:
(Reference: <XyHt9KAx...@cockaigne.demon.co.uk>)
If my partner wants to log in to her German University site it is the
only way she can do it. Now isn't that something you always wanted to
know?!
--
John Underwood
Matthew Slowe
<elv...@cockaigne.demon.co.uk> writes
>thanks to all who replied - I managed to get through on the webmail site
>eventually - but I've always wanted to know how to telnet, as there it
>is sitting there on the Connect button bar. What else is telnet useful
>for?
If you're looking for a .Zip file on the net, you can find a great
archive on telnet:unix.hansa.ac.uk
E. J. Jewell
<elv...@cockaigne.demon.co.uk> writes
>thanks to all who replied - I managed to get through on the webmail site
>eventually - but I've always wanted to know how to telnet, as there it
>is sitting there on the Connect button bar. What else is telnet useful
>for?
It can do almost anything you want but, in essence, it simply connects
you to a computer somewhere in the world (assuming there is public
access to that computer or you have the right permissions) and allows
you to use that computer as if you were sitting at a terminal - I may be
over-simplifying here. To do anything useful you need to know the
command level syntax of its operating system. Generally there are more
user-friendly ways of doing most of the things you might want to do.
Software like Turnpike or your browser are doing the same kind of thing
- connecting to a server and issuing a series of commands but the nuts
and bolts of it are hidden from you.
Telnet might be useful if you want to do something which is not packaged
for you by other software but you need a little knowledge of the systems
you are accessing.
--
E. J. Jewell <mailto:eje...@chy-an-piran.demon.co.uk>
<URL:http://www.chy-an-piran.demon.co.uk/>
Malcolm Ogilvie
<jo...@jsunderwood.demon.co.uk> writes
>On Sat, 15 May 1999 at 14:27:13, Kate Brown
><elv...@cockaigne.demon.co.uk> wrote in demon.ip.support.turnpike:
>(Reference: <XyHt9KAx...@cockaigne.demon.co.uk>)
>
>>eventually - but I've always wanted to know how to telnet, as there it
>>is sitting there on the Connect button bar. What else is telnet useful
>>for?
>
>only way she can do it. Now isn't that something you always wanted to
>know?!
To which I can add that when my daughter was home for Christmas, she
used telnet to log into her Oregon University site and check her e-mail.
--
Malcolm
Robert Bradley
In demon.ip.support.turnpike, Kate Brown <elv...@cockaigne.demon.co.uk>
posted...
>Some beast has sent me a 7MB spam on email -
>I don't want it and it's blocking everything else. I know I can delete
>it on the server by using the webmail facility, but have great
>difficulty in understanding how to do so from the instructions on the
>Demon website. I've set a password and all that, but did it some time
>ago and am neither sure whether it's still valid nor where to use it now
>I've got it.
>
>do I type into the browser (IE3) to get to the mailserver?
>
From Demon, go to https://web.mail.demon.net/, where you enter your
domain name (cockaigne), and your dial-up password.
--
Robert Bradley
I am not a mindreader, so I don't know everything.
Robert Hull
<ne...@bradley-family.demon.co.uk> wrote
telnet to password.demon.co.uk), since the dial-up password is not
supposed to work with webmail
--
Robert
It's not because I am not paranoid
That the whole world *isn't* against me