Subj : [--- FNOS FTP TCP/IP ---]
To   : WSMITH
From : CHARLES ANGELICH
Date : Mon Sep 11 2000 10:57 am

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Hello Wsmith,- 

1>> Neither of these is `in play' when using text mode to navigate a
1>> BBS. Both UUENCODE and kermit are for transfer of files as is
1>> zmodem. 

2>> offering to access data for you and the library may be just a
2>> commercial `BBS' and offering the same. Data only? 

WS> Comment on #1. While UUENCODE isn't "in play", you can do an "End
WS> Run" around a BBS's file transfer system by making a file
WS> UUENCODE, then using a "file splitter" to break it into pieces,
WS> and then -- finally -- posting it as a series of e-mail messages
WS> to the Sysop. I never said that it would be either a pretty, or
WS> an elegant, solution; however, it is a solution, never the less. 

Few sysops I know would want to put the pieces of your UU back
together and then decrypt it back to a binary. 

If you want to discuss the miriad of possibilities we can do that in
the DEBUG echo where it would be on topic. I have been modem'g since
before xmodem when ASCII transfers were the `norm'. 

WS> Comment on #2. It really is a modem pool Modem Server gateway! It
WS> even says, "Modem Pool Server" when I log on! If I went down to
WS> the library with a polaroid camera and snapped a picture of
WS> hardware case, I am sure that it probably has the word "Server"
WS> or "Internet Bridge" stamped somewhere on the outside of the
WS> case.... Honest! 

Yes, well they can call it "Sheila" but it won't bake cookies.

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