Re: git: 24e1824e4646 - main - Deprecate telnet daemon

From: Gregory Byshenk <freebsd_at_byshenk.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2022 12:14:32 UTC
On Wed, Sep 21, 2022 at 04:42:32PM -0500, Mike Karels wrote:

> Ditto on the finger memory.  And I tried this:
> 
> mike@backup$ nc mail 25
> 220 mail.karels.net Service ready
> helo backup.karels.net
> 500 Command missing Carriage Return
> 
> telnet also accepts a service name instead of a port number (part of the
> finger memory).

I understand the finger memory. Sometimes at $job I still type
'telnet' on machines that I know do not have a telnet client. 

But a 'nc -t <hostname> <port>' should solve the problem you
show above. It does for me, in any case.

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gregory byshenk  -  freebsd@byshenk.net  -  Leiden, NL