Vince Coen wrote to Michiel Broek:

VC> Running telnet localhost or 192.168.0.3 (bbs box) as root on the same box 
VC> produces:
VC> 
VC> === Cut ===
VC> Trying 127.0.0.1...
VC> telnet: connect to address 127.0.0.1: Connection refused
VC> telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
VC> === Cut ===
VC> 
VC> Exactly the same msg appears for 192.168.0.3 except the address changes.
VC> 
VC>  MB>  Then check if you have not
VC>  MB> just opened the firewalls, but also forward incoming trafic to port 
VC> 23
VC>  MB> to the right PC where mbse runs.
VC> 
VC> I have opened 23 on the firewalls but I think this one relates some kind 
VC> of
VC> block on the bbs box.  What should I look for?

Make sure that you have the telnetd daemon actually installed and running 
on your system and that telnetd is enabled in your xinetd files.

    Greetings, Robert Wolfe

... An Elephant;  A Mouse built to government specifications.

--- MBSE BBS v0.83.6 (GNU/Linux-Sparc)