Someone's sent me a really big email and it's too big for me to download.
There are two ways to fix this: by hand or with a program.
By hand
- Locate the address of your POP3 server (for PTLNet it is pop3.ptlnet.com).
- Find a telnet program on your chosen computer. You can often do
this easily from a web-browser by running a telnet:// URL. Connect to
the POP3 server on port 110. To connect to PTLNet's POP3 server click on the following: telnet://pop3.ptlnet.com:110/.
- Once you have connected to the server (you will see a line beginning with +OK), type USER followed by a space and then your username. Next press Return e.g.
+OK POP3 noisy.precedence.co.uk v4.xx server ready
USER jsmith
+OK User name accepted, password please
- When you see the next line beginning with +OK, type PASS followed by a space and then your password. Next press Return, e.g.
+OK User name accepted, password please
PASS verysecret
+OK Mailbox open, 24 messages
- Wait for your mailbox to open. This may take a while if your mailbox is
very large
- After the next +OK, type LIST and press Return. This will list all the messages in your mailbox and their sizes., e.g.
+OK Mailbox open, 24 messages
LIST
+OK Mailbox scan listing follows
1 357470
2 9849
3 73844
4 73852
5 24995171
6 4815
7 24993513
8 9537
9 5851
10 349337
- For each of the large messages, type DELE followed by the number e.g.
DELE 5
+OK Message deleted
DELE 7
+OK Message deleted
- When you have finished, type QUIT followed by Return.
With a program
There are a number of little programs available which basically do
exactly the same as the manual method above, but which offer a nice
user interface. They are probably a bit slower to use and of course,
require you to download software, learn to use it and have a suitable
computer (e.g. be running Windows or such like) whereas the above method can be performed from pretty much anywhere.
Just because programs are listed above, this does not imply that Precedence Technologies Ltd recommend or support the products. We have listed them for convenience only.
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