Subj : Telnet Help To : MICHELE MARIE DALENE From : MICHEL SAMSON Date : Tue Jan 28 2003 06:27 am Hi Michele, [re-posting, ex-communicado?] About "Telnet Help" of January 14: CG> Install COM/IP... MMD> Is there something like this for a bbs running under Msdos with a MMD> packet driver? I don't run Ms-Windows but I do run Linux. CG> Its made by Tactical Software www.tactical-sw.com and is for CG> windows. I assume you meant `PC-NFS' when you wrote "NFS", or maybe not, but that doesn't matter because i can't say a thing about passing drop-files with it anyway. Here's what i do know about ~TelNet~ "shims" equivalent to `COM/IP' but for DOS. It's old, you may have a hard time finding it: ****************************************[ `VA210.ZIP' - `File_Id.DIZ' ]* Virtual Advanced Ver 2.10 (for DOS) Complete Electronic Bulletin Board System, Internet UUCP Server, FIDO Server, SLIP/CSLIP/PPP Server and much much more all wrapped up in one powerful, easy to use and easy to set-up and customize package. Everything you need to get started is included, and the shareware registration fee is well within everyone's budget. Optional TCP/IP SMTP, POP3, NNTP, WebServer, FingerServer, IRC, etc. add-on package available that integrates a live Internet feed with the BBS. Virtual ComTech BBS: 616-399-4818, 616-399-8791 Web Site: http://virtualc.com *************************************[ `PPPBB301.ZIP' - `File_Id.DIZ' ]* PPPBBS Version 3.01 Awesome new TCP/IP-based BBS program with many advanced capabilities. Designed to let anyone operate as a complete, small-scale Internet Service Provider, with a minimum of expense. PPPBBS can connect to the Internet a variety of different ways: PPP Dial-Up, PPP over ISDN, or Ethernet. Does not require "dedicated" Internet access, a static IP address, or even that you "own" a range of IP addresses. Can even "gate" a PPP feed to your Ethernet LAN. Built-in: Multiuser PPP Internet Network Access Server, Web Server, FTP Server, Telnet Server, Ident Server, SMTP Server, POP3 Server, SMTP Client, POP3 Client, DYNDNS.COM Client, Multi-User BBS, Mail Processor With Universal Mailbox Support, and much, much more. Multitasker NOT required. NOT a proxy server. Extremely configurable. MUST DOWNLOAD. Official Web Site: www.degraaf.net BBS: 616-399-4818 I'd try the former `PC-Micro' ~WEB~ site, this can be great reading to have even if one doesn't intend to us it. At least that's an answer! %-) `RLFossil.ZIP' seems to be everywhere, the original post from which it was published (around 1995) could still be found on INet a few months ago. The author was sporadically available during summer of 2002, after years of frustration i finally succeded to reach him via ~E-Mail~ but he disapeared once again when i began asking questions. For all i know, it seems no source-code for such SoftWare is available but, in case someone cares, this is what i had before i lost contact with Andrey Sapozhnikov: `RLFossil's author's address: sapa@icb.chel.su `FidoNet' address: 2:5030/1082.72 Physical location: Georgetown, St-Petersburg Last seen publicly in: `fido7.ru.perl' NewsGroup I'm an `RLFossil' user myself and have been for quite a while but i only use it for OutBound ~TelNet~ connections (made with `{Commo}', `MS- Kermit', `Anzio' as a terminal emulator, etc.); i'm no SysOp, i've read that InBound calls can be passed to regular ~FOSSIL~ BBS SoftWare but it could be a problem too (something about the result code, as i recall)... Too bad this nice DOS utility isn't going to be upgraded ever, what you see is what you get unless you can persuade the author to resume his work. I doubt he'd agree, i failed when suggesting that he could donate his source-code: he didn't care to reply. Perhaps a feminine touch?... ;-) In any case, if you could switch to something like `OS/2' instead i know that Mark Lewis appears to be pretty satisfied with it and maybe it could be a good idea to ask for comments; think of him as of a friendly SysOp. When you're free, if you've got spare time to spend for external file-transfer protocols i'd be honoured that you remember me: i've done all i could to promote the use of `MS-Kermit' but i faced indifference & mockery more than anything else, the last time i tried... I keep hoping that a time may come when someone will want to cooperate with me so that justice is done to `Kermit', after two decades of pre-conceptions. If i made you curious about what `Kermit' can do for BBSing, just lets say it is the Royal way for a LEGACY DOS BBSer to move .QWK/.REP and .ZIP files back and forth using bare minimum ressources; if *UNIVERSALITY* rings a bell please put me in your contact list and give me a sign when ready!!! Salutations, 8-) Michel Samson a/s Bicephale http://www.iquebec.com/dos-inet .... Make BBSing UNIVERSAL, support DOS+TCP/IP+TelNet+ZMoDem/Kermit+.QWK! --- MultiMail/XT v0.42 - Numbers might make BBSing UNIVERSAL, not sugar. * Origin: BBS Networks @ www.bbsnets.com 808-839-5016 (1:10/345) .