Subj : Re: Weekly nodelist report on noteworthy changes (078)
To   : Andrew Leary
From : Nodelist Police Commissioner
Date : Fri Mar 19 2021 13:45:45

Hello Andrew,

On 2021-03-19 08:10:09, you wrote to me:

 NC>> In net 124 has been repaired (as reported before):
 NC>> ,5013,Prison_Board,Mesquite_TX,Ruben_Figueroa,-Unpublished-,300,CM,XA
 NC>> ,INA:rdfig.net,IBN:24555,IVM
 NC>> Connect with Internet Rex 2.29 Win32 on the binkp port.

 NC>> On the IVM port I get this:
 NC>> # telnet rdfig.net 3141
 NC>> Trying 75.87.11.242...
 NC>> Connected to rdfig.net.

 NC>> You have connected with the Prison Board BBS.
 NC>> For WEB services go to:  http://rdfig.net
 NC>> For Telnet services go to: telnet://wcalt.rdfig.net
 NC>> Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v7.0/PX20-1127M
 NC>> Press [ESCape] or [Tab] twice for BBS
 NC>> Connection closed by foreign host.BBS

 NC>> I don't know if that is what IVM is supposed to show/do?

 AL> Platinum Xpress is a FidoNet compatible mailer, normally used on a POTS
 AL> line. The prompts you see are perfectly normal for that software, and would
 AL> seem to indicate that the system in question does indeed support mailer
 AL> sessions over Vmodem.

Good to know. Thanks for explaining!

Regards, NPC.

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