I've never used Telnet before. I decided to look into it a little bit and want to try an MUD which I've also never tried before. I knew there were MUD clients but I wanted to use Telnet since I already had it and I want something simple. I found what looked like a good beginner newbie MUD online so I got the connection information to use on Telnet. I was playing with telnet commands and I tired using the MUD connection information to connect with the command "open aardmud.org:23", but:

As you can see, it didn't work and I was unsuccessful. Anyone on this forum familiar with Telnet? Like I've said before: I'm using Windows XP Service Pack 3 and "Microsoft Telnet Client" so, again, I thought this would be the best forum section to post this topic in. What command(s) do I use to connect to servers properly on Telnet?

As you can see, it didn't work and I was unsuccessful. Anyone on this forum familiar with Telnet? Like I've said before: I'm using Windows XP Service Pack 3 and "Microsoft Telnet Client" so, again, I thought this would be the best forum section to post this topic in. What command(s) do I use to connect to servers properly on Telnet?