Telnet can be used as another way to check email. The first two steps are for Windows only; Mac and Linux users should use their own methods for launching a terminal/console window.
Steps
- Select Start in the bottom left corner of the screen, then select Run.
- Once the Run window starts, type in cmd.
- At the command prompt, type in telnet emailprovider.com 110 (where “emailprovider” is the name of the service you use for email).
- Type USER yourusername (you may see what you type or not, and “yourusername” should be changed to whatever comes before the @ in your email address).
- Then type in PASS yourpassword (if you can see what you type, you will see your password).
- Type list.
- You will see a list of items with labels like “1 607″ and “2 1323403.”
- If you want to look at the message labeled 2 1323403, type retr 2. You can replace the 2 with any other number to view other messages.
- If you want to delete message 1 607, type dele 1.
- When you are done checking your email, type quit.
