Telnet line or record limit?

[Tom Schlender <[e-mail]>]

We recently ran into a situation where a misbehaving Telnet client was 
streaming input to the server.  The server was buffering up the
input, waiting for the carriage return/line feed.  This caused many
of its buffers to be consumed.

Is there a limit to the size of a Telnet line or record?  I could not 
find any limit in the RFCs.  I realize that a terminal screen size 
limits the number of characters, but Telnet could also be used
for applications other than remote login.  If there is not
a limit, how do other Telnet implementations handle this case?
Any ideas?

Thank you.
Tom Schlender                    [e-mail]
Unisys Corporation               Phone: [phone]
Roseville, MN