[SLL] telnet localhost
Chuck Wolber
chuckw at quantumlinux.com
Thu Feb 14 11:29:45 PST 2008
On Thu, 14 Feb 2008, Jules Agee wrote:
> Telnet can be pretty useful when diagnosing problems with your MTA or
> IMAP server... but in general I agree with you.
As a client, I make it a point to have the telnet program on all of my
servers. As a server daemon, I can't see any reason to run it anymore
except in very niche embedded situations (and even there, there are much
better ways).
..Chuck..
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