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Re: (ASCEND) more stuff!
I tried 'typing blind' to a mail server's port 25 and was unable to get a
response to any command, all commands including "quit" resulted in nothing
ever being echoed back, the only way I was able to get out was to type the
escape sequence.
Shouldn't it be relatively easy anyway for Ascend to modify the code to
echo back characters? Maybe we should put in a feature request for that.
Although I rarely use an Ascend to telnet out to a specific port it is
sorely missed on the rare occasions it is needed to help debug things.
On Mon, 6 Jul 1998, Mark C Hudson wrote:
> This just depends on what it is you are telnetting to. Most other services
> (inc smtp) don't echo keystrokes back to you. However, the connection still
> works. Turn on local echo if you want to read it....
>
> The exact same behaviour occurs on a windows telnet, and it is not a bug.
>
> Most unix telnet programs switch to line-by-line mode if you telnet to
> anything other than port 23, which is why you get characters echoed back. MS
> Windows telnet and the telnet program on the ascends do not, and rely on the
> host at the other end to echo characters back. This does not happen with
> most protocols.
>
> Mark
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