Subj : [--- FNOS FTP TCP/IP ---]
To   : HOWARD EISENBERGER
From : WINSTON SMITH
Date : Tue Sep 05 2000 09:10 pm

 ws> I use the TIP Dialer to call up the XyPlex Modem Pool
 ws> Server gateway.

 HE>  What program are you using as your TIP dialer?
 
     FNOS 17B, this program has a TIP dialer with dialing under script
control built right into it. (e.g. "<Name-Of-Script>.DIL", "PONYS.DIL",
et cetera.... )
 


HE>  Sounds interesting. What else can you do from the server prompt?
 
     I'm not exactly sure.  I'll see if I can get you a screen capture
of the commands list.
 
 

HE>   If all you can do is standard telnet (port 23), then you
HE> can try downloading files using x/y/zmodem (or Kermit) on
HE> the bbs and on your PC (in the terminal program) over the
HE> telnet connection between the gateway and the bbs.
 
     Umm...  I tried that already.  I believe they want files to go
through FTP so that file traffic can be properly logged.  There is some
I/O lock where if the uploaded 8-bit datastream doesn't have the proper
handshake on it, the buffer is flushed and I/O is halted.  That is why I
wish more web sites and places has UUENCODED 7-bit ASCII data files,
because they can flow along with textual I/O, and you can reclaim the
files in pieces, just like with ZMODEM RESUME.  (In fact, it would be
nice to have a UURESUME to restart a send a UU-Block PART ###. <* Sigh!
*> )  That is also why I need an FTP client (unless I can talk everyone
into UUE-ing their file directories...).


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