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>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Harnois <mharnois@sbt.net> writes:

Michael> It fails on subsequent telnets here.

Michael> I've tried it into a BSD, an Irix and another Linux system,
Michael> with the same result in all.

O.K.  I think I've tracked this down.

Could everyone experiencing the telnet-echo-password problem try
increasing the value of telnet-maximum-count?  The default is `4' and
that is probably why it is giving up before finding the password
prompt.  Test by increasing it by one until the password prompt gets
echoed in the minibuffer, then report the minimum value you needed to
make it work right.  The default value will be increased based on this
data.

First data point: I need a value of `5' to make 19.15 work right.

C-h v telnet-maximum-count
telnet-maximum-count's value is 5
  -- a variable declared in Lisp.

Documentation:
Maximum value `telnet-count' can have.
After this many passes, we stop looking for initial setup data.
Should be set to the number of terminal writes telnet will make
rejecting one login and prompting again for a username and password.

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