Re: Telnet to mail host replies connection refused
On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 10:28:26PM -0400, Paul McHale wrote:
> telnet IP_NUM 25
>
> I get:
>
> telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection Refused
Just a wild guess, but: are you actually typing "IP_NUM" or are you
substituting a real IP number?
Some servers are configured to refuse telnet connections. (Telnet
negotiates some stuff about terminals -- it isn't a bare
character-sender.) You might try netcat.
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