Here's a new one.. (telnet to SMTP port)

[Christopher Wagner]

No telnetrc involved..  It's kind of bizarre, it doesn't happen
consistently..  *shrugs*

I just won't sweat it.. I replacing the silly machine anyway. :)

- Christopher Wagner
chrisw at pacaids.com

Packaging Aids Corporation - Information Systems
P.O. Box 9144
San Rafael, CA 94912-9144
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(415) 454-4868 x116


-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Eisenhart [mailto:eric at eisenhart.com]
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 4:11 PM
To: talk at nblug.org
Subject: Re: Here's a new one.. (telnet to SMTP port)


On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 03:44:24PM -0700, Jeffrey Miller wrote:
> Hmmm.  Maybe for some reason pacserv3 is passing the telnet initialization
> dialogue up through the protocol stack by mistake? I believe telnet starts
> out assuming it's talking to a telnet server port, then drops back to a
TCP
> socket if negotiation fails; this ordinarily doesn't make it up to the
> application level for non-telnet servers.

I was thinking the same thing about the telnet protocol being passed in.

telnet(1):
# When connecting to ports other than the telnet port, telnet does not
# attempt telnet protocol negotiations. This makes it possible to connect to
# services that do not support the telnet protocol without making a mess.
# Protocol negotiation can be forced by placing a dash before the port
# number.

I don't suppose there's a /etc/telnetrc or ~/.telnetrc involved?
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