Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 09:57:36 +0100 From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> To: shibbsd@spymac.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: netcat strange behaviour Message-ID: <426F5400.8050405@dial.pipex.com> In-Reply-To: <20050426080555.26F534C05C@webmail2.spymac.net> References: <20050426080555.26F534C05C@webmail2.spymac.net>
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shibbsd@spymac.com wrote: >I just wanted to connect to a POP3 server, authenticate and grab the STAT >information, so >I issued the following command: > >printf "USER XXX\nPASS XXX\nSTAT\nQUIT\n" | nc -i 1 <mypopserver> 110 > >And what I got on stdout was: > >+OK <greeting string> >+OK >+OK > > I tried it on my pop server and got +OK +OK +OK +OK 14 15121 +OK Why don't you try the old-fashioned "telnet <mypopserver> 110" and type the commands by hand and see what you get. --Alex
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