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  • verb Present participle of telnet.

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Examples

  • That will stop you from "telnetting" to your DNS server as well.

    LinuxQuestions.org wvw 2009

  • You're not reading this site by telnetting to port 80 like us cool folks, so your opinion counts for naught.

    Google API terms - Anil Dash 2003

  • Check this by telnetting to the smtp port (usually port 25), and expanding user Decode.

    The HAQ Frequently Asked Questions by Belisarius (Part II) 1994

  • · CommandChannel (control Hiawatha by telnetting to a special port) · Cookie support

    Softpedia - Windows - All Softpedia Mac OS 2010

  • · CommandChannel (control Hiawatha by telnetting to a special port) · Cookie support

    Softpedia - Windows - All 2010

  • Someone mentioned telnetting to godaddy's smtp server, so I've tried a series of these, and I come up with several different servers that respond:

    Discussions: Message List - root 2009

  • The courseware I wrote had a section at the end that talked about this new thing, called the "World-Wide Web" that you used by telnetting to info. cern.ch and navigating through a "line-mode browser" by typing the number of the link you wanted to follow.

    Disruptive Conversations 2009

  • Have you tried telnetting to the destination mail server, maybe it's flapping up / down a lot?

    Bruce Elgort 2009

  • Also, hacking firmware, loading consoles, mounting sd cards, issuing arcane key combinations, starting daemons, and telnetting into your phone might be old hat for the geeky types, but for wives and grandmas, the solution is a tad too arcane.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Digg 2009

  • Also, hacking firmware, loading consoles, mounting sd cards, issuing arcane key combinations, starting daemons, and telnetting into your phone might be old hat for the geeky types, but for wives and grandmas, the solution is a tad too arcane.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Digg 2009

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