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From: bellman@lysator.liu.se (Thomas Bellman)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: What is the use of Telnet?
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Date: 12 May 91 21:31:01 GMT
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jws@hpcupt3.cup.hp.com (John Stafford) writes:
> The main use for telnet can be summed up for me as
>    1. All the world isn't Unix

I haven't seen this mentioned before, but one very useful use of the
BSD telnet program (but not the telnet protocol), is that you can
connect to other ports than 23.  Very useful if you want to test any
network based program.  You can e g use the telnet program to play MUD
or forge News articles >:->


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