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*> >RFC0885 Telnet end of record option
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*> This option was, at least at one time, used for telnet clients that
*> connected to IBM mainframes... It was used to indicate the end of a
*> 3270 datastream. I don't know if it is still used in that fashion,
*> but Bob Moskowitz might know.
*>
I don't see that usage matters in the least. The EOR option provides a
function that was useful at one time and may be useful again. It is
not technically unsound. I don't see any excuse to change the category
of this document.
Bob Braden (speaking for himself)
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