telnet Protocol

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Opens a terminal login session with the default Telnet client.

Syntax

telnet://sDomain[:iPort]

Tokens

  • sDomain
    Specifies the domain.
  • iPort
    Optional. Specifies the port the login server is using on the domain.

Remarks

Available as of Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 or later.

In Windows Internet Explorer 7, the telnet protocol is disabled by default. (See FEATURE_DISABLE_TELNET_PROTOCOL feature control.)

Example

The following sample demonstrates the use of the Telnet protocol.

telnet://microsoft.com:4201