Subj : [--- FNOS FTP TCP/IP ---]
To   : WINSTON SMITH
From : Rob Swindell
Date : Wed Aug 30 2000 06:43 am

RE: [--- FNOS FTP TCP/IP ---]
BY: WINSTON SMITH to ROB SWINDELL on Wed Aug 30 2000 02:45 am

 >  WS> How do I use FNOS to connect to the FTP port of a Synchronet
 >  WS> BBS ?
 > 
 >  RS> I know Synchronet (I'm the author), but I'm not familiar
 >  RS> with FNOS.  What is FNOS?
 > 
 >      FNOS is a DOS TCP/IP client that does FTP, PPP, and POP mail.  I
 > was requested when connecting to TELNET BBSes to use FTP rather than
 > XMODEM because FTP packets do not need to be serial and are more
 > efficient over an Internet WAN connection.  I am trying to learn how to
 > use a DOS FTP client.  I have been able to modem dialup a terminal
 > server, but I can't figure out how to get an FTP session going.  The
 > mainframes and minis I used to use would take care of all of the
 > overhead.  I would start an internet program like D.E.C. Janus-Net and
 > the daemons and servers would be started up in the background.  I would
 > just type FTP and I would be sitting at an FTP prompt, all ready to type
 > "dir".

So this client works with other FTP servers, but not a Synchronet FTP server?
 
 >  RS> I guess I won't be of much help, sorry.
 > 
 >      Maybe you can answer a Synchronet question, then?  When I join the
 > FidoNET network area on Synchronet, when I am paging through the
 > thousand message bases looking for a particular message base, when I
 > find it and try to interrupt the output (like when I wish to add a new
 > base to the newmail scanner) with a Control-C, how come the entire
 > thousand message bases scrollby in non-stop mode, and yet, when I wish
 > to join a single base via "join" instead of "newscan update" and I type
 > a control-c, the output stops immediately and I get an input prompt.
 > Why do I need to scroll through fifty screens every time that I wish to
 > modify or examine a newscan setting?  

#1, it would be a good idea to split up the FidoNet subs into multiple,
smaller, message groups that would be easier to manage.

#2, if you have screen pause on, just hitting 'N' at the pause prompt will stop
the listing.

#3, the ctrl-c checking in v3 needs a little work (I'm aware of this).

 > Is there some problem with WINDOWS
 > that necessitates CONTROL-C pre-empting output in only one function? 

No, it has nothing to do with Windows.

 > Is
 > there a proper method for adding newscan bases that will not scroll the
 > thousand base fifty screen output each time?  

Hit 'N' at the pause prompt when you see a sub-board you'd like to add/remove.

Rob

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