Why do I get error message "Unencrypted connection refused. Goodbye" while I try to access the server using telnet service?

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Issue

[root@mail ~]# telnet localhost
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1).
Escape character is '^]'.
Unencrypted connection refused. Goodbye.

Connection closed by foreign host.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4

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