Testing POP3 & IMAP via Telnet
We’ve already covered SMTP, here is how to test POP3 & IMAP with telnet.
POP3
telnet mail.domain.com pop3
+OK Hello there.
user user@domain.com
+OK Password required
pass <password>
+OK
list
1 1024
2 2944
3 99456
.
dele 2
+OK
quit
Connection closed by foreign host
IMAP
telnet mail.domain.com imap
* OK Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 IMAP4 service ready
1 LOGIN user@domain.com <password>
1 OK LOGIN completed.
1 SELECT Inbox
* 566 EXISTS
* 566 RECENT
* FLAGS (\Seen \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Draft $MDNSent)
* OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Seen \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Draft $MDNSent)] Permanent flags
* OK [UIDVALIDITY 8914] UIDVALIDITY value
* OK [UIDNEXT 42593] The next unique identifier value
1 OK [READ-WRITE] SELECT completed.
4 LIST ” ” “INBOX”
4 OK LIST completed.
Categories: E-Mail, Exchange Server
Tags: E-Mail, Exchange Server
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