On Wed, Jan 09, 2008 at 08:08:10AM -0800, Ralph W. Reid wrote: > constructive suggestions will be appreciated. try the following: telnet mail.myisp.com 110 This should access your ISP's POP server manuallyThen log into it using the provided commands and delete the mail manually. If you've ever used the ftp program to download a file, it's basically the same thing, only on a POP server. If you're willing to type in some headers, you can also send mail using the same method, only using port 25 instead of 110. My loging proceedure is as follows: telnet mail.clearwire.net 110 user <my full mail address> pass<my password> stat dele <message number> quit If you need help at any time to see what commands are available, I just hit <enter>. If your ISP is running bigfoot too, it should react the same way. HTH, Michael