Telnet

I'm using Windows XP and for some strange reason, I cannot use telnet to connect to any ports on other servers. I checked my firewall and made sure telnet is allowed outbound and inbound traffic. Any advice?

What servers are you trying to connect to?

I tried to connect to yahoo to see if I could read my mail through telnet. Let me guess, not possible?

Code:

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telnet smtp.mail.yahoo.com 25

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What the problem is????



As long as you can supply proper credentils......(maybe)........(or if not you cant you can still send emails)......

or if you wana check your emails:

Code:

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telnet pop.mail.yahoo.com 110

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enter your correct user name/password and your away!


You probably was not entering the correct port number at the end - telnet defaults to port 23 - but mail is either port 25 (send) or 110 (receive) you need to enter these at the end of your command depending what you want to do.

hence: ............telnet pop.mail.yahoo.com 110 ..............to check your emails

......................telnet smtp.mail.yahoo.com 25 ................ to send your emails.


Hope this cleared it up for you!

Thanks a lot Nokia. That solved my problem!!!