Telnet and passwords

I have to use telnet to add/remove email accounts and change email passwords on our server. My problem is at the "Password:" prompt my typing doesn't work. I've tried the XP telnet program, putty, CRT4.1 and Tera Term. None will allow me to input the pass word.

Any ideas on what might be wrong here?

If it's a typical *nix box then you won't see any activity at all while you type the password; just type stuff in and press Enter and wait for the result (which may be delayed a few seconds).

I should probably take the opportunity to point out that Telnet is generally a Bad Idea on most systems (anyone else on the network can be watching what you type, including that password), and if SSH is available then you should be using that instead.

Thanks Tuttle, that got it sorted.