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I want to start a new MUD from scratch and I want to do it
in C#.

I code the whole game, but I'm a complete newbie concerning
networking.

I need to learn how to code something that will handle many
connections through a telnet protocol using C#. What's the
best way to start? Any hints, tips or examples on how to do
that? Is there any MUD at all written in C#?

Thanks.

As an aside and for what it's worth, few MUD servers actually implement the telnet protocol nor do most MUD clients.

Anyhow, I'm not aware of any active C# projects and I didn't turn up anything in the listings that Erwin and Tyche each maintain.

Your best bet may be to grab SocketMUD source code (C, C++, and Java) to see how the main MUD loop is handled in one of those languages and then adapt it to C#. In that regards, the Java source will probably be closest to C# since C# borrowed heavily from Java for code style before branching away from it.

SocketMUD can be found at http://www.socketmud.dk/.

I had the time at home to do a little hunting for some examples of writing socket code in C#. Here's some of what I found through Google:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/5w7b7x5f.aspx
http://socketprogramming.blogspot.com/2007/10/asynchronous-socket-for-beginner.html
http://www.codeguru.com/csharp/csharp/cs_network/sockets/article.php/c7695

Is there any MUD at all written in C#?

A few years ago I uncovered six of them. You can download copies of them here. Some of them are probably hosted on sourceforge and have been updated. Sourcforge is also probably a good place to search for newer ones.