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:        [email protected]
         `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


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