Internet: How to test a POP server by using telnet
What you need
The host name of the POP server (for use in the telnet command)
The POP user name (for use in the USER command)
The user’s POP password (for use in the PASS command)Encryption
For added security, you can encrypt your POP connection. This requires that your server supports SSL or TLS and that you have access to an SSL/TLS client program, for example OpenSSL, to use instead of telnet.
As the port number normally is 995, an example OpenSSL command would be openssl s_client -connect pop.example.com:995 -quiet.
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Posted by Administrator on Thursday, January 05, 2012
