Newsgroups : Borland : borland.public.delphi.internet.winsock : 2006 Jun : Re: Telnet error
| Subject: | Re: Telnet error |
| Posted by: | "Jamie Dale" (j.da..@turboz.net) |
| Date: | Thu, 29 Jun 2006 00:57:11 |
>> Erm, sorry if this is a stupid question, but shouldn't you be using the
>> Telnet client instead of TIdTCPClient?
>
> Since TIdTCPServer is being used, TIdTCPClient should be used as well.
> With
> that said, using a telnet client, Indy's or otherwise, is a simple useful
> way to debug text-based servers, since the Telnet protocol itself is
> text-based and conforms to most of the same rules as other textual
> protocols
> (FTP, for example, is actually derived from Telnet).
Yeah I gathered all of the above, but I think you've mis-understood what I
was trying to get at.
Ferenc said:
> I have a previous post, about an error with telnet. After sending a telnet
> command,
That suggests that the Telnet server/client itself is being used. When
Ferenc then went on to talk about editing the TIdTCPClient.pas file I felt
that perhaps there was some confusion about the different between Telnet &
TCP.
Thats all I was trying to highlight!
Jamie