Subj : [--- FNOS FTP TCP/IP ---]
To   : Charles Angelich
From : wsmith
Date : Tue Sep 12 2000 05:41 am

RE: [--- Fnos Ftp Tcp/Ip ---
BY: Charles Angelich to Wsmith on Sun Sep 10 2000 17:16:08

 1> Neither of these is `in play' when using text mode to navigate a BBS.
 1> Both UUENCODE and kermit are for transfer of files as is zmodem.
 2> offering to access data for you and the library may be just a
 2> commercial `BBS' and offering the same. Data only?
 
     Comment on #1.  While UUENCODE isn't "in play", you can do an "End Run"
around a BBS's file transfer system by making a file UUENCODE, then using a
"file splitter" to break it into pieces, and then -- finally -- posting it as a
series of e-mail messages to the Sysop.  I never said that it would be either a
pretty, or an elegant, solution; however, it is a solution, never the less.
 
     Comment on #2.  It really is a modem pool Modem Server gateway!  It even
says, "Modem Pool Server" when I log on!  If I went down to the library with a
polaroid camera and snapped a picture of hardware case, I am sure that it
probably has the word "Server" or "Internet Bridge" stamped somewhere on the
outside of the case....  Honest! 
 
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