Internet Explorer and Telnet

[Chuck Bearden]

I had a similar problem in that I could not get IE 2.0 for Win95 to launch 
EWAN.  The telnet client that comes with Win95 is not that good (e.g. it does 
not terminate automatically when the connection is lost; it must be resized 
by dragging its borders).  

What value for URL: Telnet Protocol did IE for Mac have as the default?  If 
you could find the Mac app it wanted by default, perhaps it would work with 
IE.  

Anyone out there gotten telnet apps (other than the one that comes with 
Win95) to work with MSIE?  

Chuck

--- On Thu, 20 Jun 1996 09:58:55 -0700  Tim Smith 
<smitht at ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu> wrote:

>We are exploring the possible use of Microsoft's Internet Explorer as an
>alternative to Netscape, and have encountered a big problem. I can't seem
>to be able to figure out how to configure Explorer to launch a telnet
>program on its own. When I choose a link that has a telnet connection
>(e.g., for an online catalog), this message pops up:
>
>     This link requires a telnet program.  To follow this link,
>     run your telnet program, and connect to '[site name]'.
>
>This rather defeats the purpose of launching into a telnet application
>seamlessly. I've tried setting up a telnet program as a Helper, both in
>Explorer's own configuration area and using Internet Config, but it still
>doesn't work. I'm using version 2.0 of Explorer on a Macintosh, with NCSA
>Telnet being my telnet application.
>
>Can anyone point out what step I'm missing?
>
>Thanks very much,
>
>Tim Smith
>
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