read google email from telnet

C:\Users\Wild Beast>openssl s_client -starttls smtp -connect smtp.gmail.com:587 CONNECTED(000001B8)

I got connected with the server and was able to login but when I use list command to read the mails. It showed the error

235 2.7.0 Accepted
list
502 5.5.1 Unrecognized command. m7-20020adfe0c7000000b002060e7bbe49sm16301005wri.45 - gsmtp

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Answers (1)

Kaspar Etter
Kaspar Etter

Reputation: 3518

SMTP on port 587 is used for submitting emails to the outgoing mail server and has no LIST command. You may want to look into POP3 or IMAP to fetch emails from the incoming mail server of your mailbox provider. Let me know if you need help with that.

Upvotes: 1

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