[h-e-w] plink ntemacs21 woes

[Sivaram Neelakantan]

Hello,
I'm unable to get plink working from within Ntemacs. I get the
following lines in plink/messages buffer

Unable to open connection:
Connection refused
Process plink-sivaramn@<hostname> exited abnormally with code 1

---
let: Symbol's function definition is void: telnet-mode

I followed the instructions put up by Tom Rosche on his website with
the lisp code
added to my _emacs file. I'm able to do a  telnet thru putty but not
thru plink in emacs.
& this is even before i go on to installing tramp!
plink is kept in emacs/bin/  & the lisp code
;;;;;;;;
(setq plink-program "plink")
(defun plink-ssh (host)
  "Open a ssh (secure shell) connection. See `plink'."
  (interactive "sOpen ssh connection (address@hidden): ")
  (plink host "-ssh"))

;; Telnet to host.
(defun plink (host &optional ssh-string)
  "Open a telnet connection to host named HOST (a string).
Communication with HOST is recorded in a buffer `*plink-HOST*'.
Normally input is edited in Emacs and sent a line at a time."
  (interactive "sOpen telnet connection (address@hidden): ")
  (require 'shell)
  (let ((name (concat "plink-" host))
        (password (comint-read-noecho "password: " t))
        (opt-string (if (eq ssh-string nil) "" ssh-string)))
    (pop-to-buffer
     (make-comint name plink-program nil opt-string host "-pw"
password))
    (telnet-mode )
    (set-process-filter (get-process name) 'telnet-initial-filter)
    (accept-process-output  (get-buffer-process (current-buffer)))
    (send-string (get-buffer-process (current-buffer))
                 "stty echo\n")
    (setq telnet-count -16)))

regards,
Sivaram

InterScan_Disclaimer.txt
Description: Text document