Try and use hyper-terminal instead. Choose to use TCP/IP, select port 25 and type in the ip address or host you want to connect to. Make sure you do this in the properties box Go to settings choose ASCII setup and check the following boxes - Send line end with line feeds - Echo typed characters locally This will enable you to view the commands you issue. You can type and send the commands in DOS mode but you can't see what you are typing. Also note that the telnet does not accept alterations while issuing a command. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Opeyemi Olomo Corporate Development, Ocean and Oil Holdings 10th Floor, The Octagon 13A AJ Marinho Drive, Victoria Island Lagos Office Tel No: +234 1 320 0818-9 Ext: 123 Mobile No: +234 802 291 0164 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Purushothaman raj [mailto:baby_rajan@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 10:03 AM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] tenetting to my smtp server http://www.MSExchange.org/ Hi, Iam trying to telnet to my smtp server port 25 and then trying to type and learn some commands. BUT after it coming up with an ok prompt ,i cannot type in anything. What iam i to do for the cursor to type in something in the Dos prompt?? Thanks Raj __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List as: o.olomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send a blank email to $subst('Email.Unsub')