Re: (PM) telnet out on non-standard ports

Jake Messinger (jake@ams.com)
Fri, 30 Apr 1999 06:57:16 -0500 (CDT)

On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, Leif Neland wrote:

:On our PM2's, I can telnet in to the prompt. Then I can telnet to e.g. the
:mailserver. But I can't telnet to another port (telnet mailserver 110)
:
:I get the greeting from the mailserver, but I can't send any data.

Confirmed. I just tried it and could ot send keystrokes.
:
:Not that I really _need_ to do this, but I sometimes need to access e.g.
:the popserver, and tends to use whatever terminal I'm on when the customer
:calls on the phone.

Why not just directly telnet to the mailserver 110 with whatever machine you
telnetted to the pm 2 with?

:I'm just curious why it doesn't work.

Cuz its not that important? Just a guess.

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