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From: stever@csuohio.edu (Steve Ratliff)
Subject: Re: [Free1.1.5.1]telnet^M
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Phil Homewood (phil@rivendell.apana.org.au) wrote:
: Hi all...
[trimmed]
: Problem typically manifests itself whilst using telnet to certain
: sites (often if telnetting into a port.)

: Problem is: Enter just brings up a ^M, you need to hit ^J
: to actually get a NL sent.

: Is this a known problem? Or am I just going crazy?
	
	The Telnet binary is basically broken in 1.1 and 1.1.5.x.
It has to do with negotiating linemode operation or somesuch.  You can
look at the Makefile for telnet and do a setenv KLUDGE; and recompile
the telnet program.  This will creat an otelnet binary that works
without the ^M's and ^J's but it will also be broken in that it might
not connect properly with other vendors telnet ports.  Either way you
have a differently broken telnet.  FreeBSD 2.0 when it comes out is
supposed to have a fixed telnet program.

Steve
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