A really stupid question: is there a telnet program or Windows equivalent on 
Vista - as used when investigating email problems and you need to telnet to 
the POP and/or SMTP servers? I couldn't find one from the Command Prompt and 
a Find on hypertrm* didn't find anything either.

In article <eYadne-Xh4ycPZDVRVnyjQA@plusnet>, Mortimer 
me@privacy.net says...
> A really stupid question: is there a telnet program or Windows equivalent on 
> Vista - as used when investigating email problems and you need to telnet to 
> the POP and/or SMTP servers? I couldn't find one from the Command Prompt and 
> a Find on hypertrm* didn't find anything either. 
> 
> 
Dunno.  You could try this instead:
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

Mortimer wrote:
> A really stupid question: is there a telnet program or Windows equivalent on 
> Vista - as used when investigating email problems and you need to telnet to 
> the POP and/or SMTP servers? I couldn't find one from the Command Prompt and 
> a Find on hypertrm* didn't find anything either. 
> 
> 
Control Panel>Programs and features
select "Turn Windows features on or off" from menu(LHS Sidebar)
Tick the box for "Telnet Client" or "Telnet Server"

Mortimer formulated on Tuesday :
> A really stupid question: is there a telnet program or Windows equivalent on 
> Vista - as used when investigating email problems and you need to telnet to 
> the POP and/or SMTP servers? I couldn't find one from the Command Prompt and 
> a Find on hypertrm* didn't find anything either.

You can gain access to your pop3 mailserver from any PC via the 
following site :-

   www.mail2web.com

It's much quicker than going through the telnet login dialogue.
You'll be able to remotely delete mail on the server from mail2web.

Alan P