L.D wrote:
>Like Ron, I have telnetted directly into an ISP to access my account;
>the server *always* prompts for user & password.
You connected to a telnet server.
>I have also done a LOT of shell account accessing for FTP, and once
>again the server *always* prompts for user & password.
That was a ftp server.
>And I have used Telnet to access my shell account, and yet again the
>server *always* prompts for user & password.
Yes, for your telnet account that's standard.
>What Glenn didn't say, and what I didn't understand, is that the server
>will NOT always prompt for authorization ... and port 110 is one place
>where it doesn't. [It had me pulling out my already thin hair.]
Of course not. A mail server will never ask for username and password.
>When one telnets into a mail server, one must do *all* the authorization
>work from scratch.
Yes. And if you connect to a http server it will not ask you for a username
and oassword. You are confusing a telnet program with a telnet server (or
service whatever you prefer). The program is just a text based way to
communicate with any computer that you can reach. What services you reach
at the other end is insignificant (for the program being a "telnet"
program), and *you* need to know how to use it.
//Bernie
