[newbie] Telnet connection closed by foreign host

[Thomas Cattigan]

Hello,

I have been trying to set up my telnet connection.  I can ping my
hostname and localhost.  However, when I try to telnet, using telnet
localhost, I get the following message:
connection closed by foreign host

I have checked the /etc/hosts.allow file and allowed access to everyone.

Does anyone have any possible solutions for this?

Thanks

Tom