On Friday 22 March 2002 01:55 pm, you wrote:
> > o I created it by hand, with telnet enabled.
> >
> > o Stopped and started xinitd. Now I find:
> >
> >   - telnet localhost gives me Connection refused
> >   - telnet somewhere.onthe.net works
> >
> > Any guesses why?
> >
> >
> > Lynn David Newton
> > Phoenix, Arizona
> >
> >> Can we see the telnet file you created?
>
> It's attached.

Looks good. My next guess is the /etc/hosts.[allow deny] Gontran 
mentioned.