>>I am trying to open a private TELNET session through VFP6SP4 to our private pop3 server. The goal is to try and have 'basic' msgs picked up from the pop3 server, without the overhead of a standard Outlook msg.
>>Could someone please help me with the right COM object I should be using, and hopefully help point to a place where I can find some documentation??
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>Why not just use the Mabry MAILX control (www.mabry.com)? I use it all the time - small footprint, fast, very reliable. They also have a TELNET control you could use if you really wanted to do it through TELNET.
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>Best of luck,
>
>-Arne

Arne,

I don't suppose you have any examples of using this mail/x in the vfp environment.. I am a bit confused (we don't use VB - the source code) on calling the object mailing to smtp and reading from a pop3....

TIA

Ric