Subj : Re: Question for telnet/BBS gurus.
To   : Mark Hofmann
From : Deon George
Date : Sat Jun 20 2020 09:54 am

  Re: Re: Question for telnet/BBS gurus.
  By: Mark Hofmann to Deon George on Fri Jun 19 2020 08:56 am

 MH> Is there any harm to always forcing a binary connection for telnet?  That
 MH> way it would be covered either way?  Not sure what effect that would have
 MH> on regular text.

During a telnet session, the server and client exchange information on demand - "Telnet IAC", which you would loose if it was in a permanent binary session.

These IAC commands return cursor positions, echo mode, terminal info, etc...

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