your telnet default is probably to send "crlf" (carriage return line feed), instead of just "cr", so the question probably wizzed by you.. type 'telnet', then 'unset crlf'
mitch
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Microsoft Telnet> unset crlf
Line feed mode - Causes return key to send CR
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Will auth(NTLM Authentication)
Local echo off
Line feed mode - Causes return key to send CR
Current mode: Console
Will term type
Preferred term type is ANSI
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