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Using Telnet for Other Services


  • You can telnet to port 25 to communicate directly with the mail server

  • As long as the protocol is simple, telnet could be useful
    telnet orca.st.usm.edu 7777
    Trying 131.95.115.204...
    Connected to orca.st.usm.edu.
    Escape character is '^]'.
    
    MarlDOoM is moving to brauer.math.utoronto.ca (128.100.68.51) port 7777.
    
    Please update your configuration files.
    
    John Chew (poslfit)
    jjchew@math.utoronto.ca
    
    Connection closed by foreign host.
    


University of Southern Mississippi
Ray.Seyfarth@usm.edu
Updated 20:05 Jun 5, 2000