Subj : Who is running FD as Telnet Mailer?
To   : Elmo Jensen
From : Dran Draggore
Date : Fri Apr 01 2016 11:56 pm

 Re: Who is running FD as Telnet Mailer?
 By: Elmo Jensen to mark lewis on Sun Oct 11 2015 06:33 am

> Yes, for example I can connect to Janis, and get correct mail session
> answer,  but she denied filerequest on her 1:1/0 address, so it was refused.
> I have  tried too to 2:230/152, Gert, and I can connect, but I can see on
> the screen, I
> startup his BBS, before I get redirected to his mailer. When I get
> redirected  to the mailer, it think a lot, and then drop the carrier. The
> same on 2:230/0,  Benny - my uplink! So i'm not sure if it is my setup there
> is okay, and theres  there is wrong, or different.

You said you connect to Gert's BBS, which then redirects you to the mailer ? --
that does not sound right. Usually it is the mailer that answers first.

If you are using a virtual modem with FrontDoor, then the system you are
connecting to should also be using a virtual modem. The rule is: a virtual
modem connects to another virtual modem - and a telnet 'client' connects to a
telnet 'server'.

If you are using a virtual modem to connect to a BinkP server, then it will not
work. If you use FrontDoor to connect to another frontend mailer that is not
FTN compatible, then it will not work. You should ask Benny what mailer he's
using -- the safest frontend mailers to use with FrontDoor are D'Bridge and
BinkleyTerm (because they are oldschool like FrontDoor).

> Yes, I used BNU in the start of my modem days, but then I try ADF, and get
> better performance with that, and since then I have used ADF.

ADF is all you need these days. I only use BNU for nostalgia reasons. Also, no
point using X00 or anything that requires 'config.sys'(unless you're running
DOS/w3.x/w9x).

> I have tried to install OS/2, but get errordump when the system restart
> after  install :( Maybe the HD or the pc is too fast!
> Have you filerequest on some of your lines? Where FD is online? So I could
> try  to request from your system, and see how it work against you. Okay?

Bleh. Do not waste your time with OS/2 :)