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From: guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: telnet escape charater
Keywords: telnet
Message-ID: <3844@auspex.auspex.com>
Date: 7 Aug 90 18:16:15 GMT
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> You might try defining it as something that (should) never come through..
>like ctrl-_ or ctrl-` ...

Or try "set escape off", if your "telnet" manual page says it works. 
(SunOS 4.0.3's does, so does 4.3-tahoe's, 4.3BSD's may too.)