Aha! I had not used this technique for so long that I forgot about it. It looks like the garbage has been taken out (of my email box) :) . Thanks very much, and have a great day. On Wed, Jan 09, 2008 at 11:20:52AM -0800, Gaijin wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Ralph. N6BNO. Wisdom comes from central processing, not from I/O. rreid at sunset.net http://personalweb.sunset.net/~rreid ...passing through The City of Internet at the speed of light... COSECANT (x) = COTAN (x) / TAN (x)