On Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 08:32:45PM -0700, Tim Hammerquist wrote: > telnet is still a wonderful tool that I use all the time. > > $ telnet hostname 25 > > $ telnet hostname 80 > > $ telnet hostname 22 > > It's great for testing basic service availability, version strings, or > even a manual session without a lot of process overhead or connection > negotiation.
nc(1) is better. -Ray-
