I frequently need to test POP3 accounts to debug connection issues. Poptester is an expect script I wrote to do just this.
[root@calypso files]# ./poptester.exp
Usage: ./poptester.exp hostname username password [msgid]
Usage: ./poptester.exp hostname username password [msgid]
Drop poptester.exp into a directory in your path. Execute it by passing the mailserver hostname and the username and password to test all on the command line. It will connect to the POP server, authenticate through plaintext authentication and retrieve a list of the messages available. You can also supply an optional msgid to test retrieving a specific message.
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this script rocks
very simple but so much easier than stuffing around in a telnet session