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Thanks! That did it. Never heard of netcat before, but have used
"socket" which seems similar. Anyway, putting nc out on "shell.isp.com"
and using it instead of telnet solved the problem.

Will send a patch for the docs tonight.

"James H. Cloos Jr." <cloos@jhcloos.com> writes:

> >>>>> "Hal" == Hal Snyder <DrXyzzy@mediaone.net> writes:
> 
> Hal> ("telnet" "news.isp.com" "nntp")))
> 
> I suspect the problem is the use of telnet(1).  Telnet(1) is not well
> suited for non-interactive use.
> 
> I'd suggest installing netcat (nc(1)) and using that, if said isp.com
> doesn't already have it installed.
> 
> One source for netcat is:
> 
>   <ftp://coast.cs.purdue.edu/pub/tools/unix/netcat/nc110.tgz>
> 
> There are other alternatives.  A Perl script, eg, is trivial if the
> libnet modules are installed.
> 
> Just don't rely on telnet(1) for anything other than interactive use
> to a tty.  At least based on my experience....