Backspace and Delete not correct

I know this is a more of a linux question, but my backspace and del are
spitting out ascii chars instead of erasing. What do I need to do to make
them work correctly. My $TERM=vt100. Thanks for any help.

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Received on Wed Jul 18 2001 - 11:07:13 EDT