11 Oct 15 06:33, you wrote to me:   
      
    ml>> the main thing to remember is that there needs to be a   
    ml>> virtual modem for FD to talk to...   
      
    EJ>>> I'm using Netserial, and have set it up for Com2.   
      
    EJ> Netserial _is_ the windows virtual modem from PCMicro, and is configured   
   as   
    EJ> preferred.   
      
   ok... i don't use winwhatever for anything mission critical... ever... so i've   
   also never played with mike's offerings from pcmicro :?   
      
    ml>> i gotta ask, based on your next statement, what do you   
    ml>> mean that you could connect... you could connect   
    ml>> outbound? others could connect inbound? connections   
    ml>> worked both ways? is there a problem with this setup?   
      
    EJ> Yes, for example I can connect to Janis, and get correct mail session   
    EJ> answer, but she denied filerequest on her 1:1/0 address, so it was   
   refused.   
      
   ok... so use her normal address ;)   
      
    EJ> I have tried too to 2:230/152, Gert, and I can connect, but I can see   
    EJ> on the screen, I startup his BBS, before I get redirected to his   
    EJ> mailer. When I get redirected to the mailer, it think a lot, and then   
    EJ> drop the carrier.   
      
   hunh? he must have his bbs running first and then shelling to the mailer   
   instead of the mailer answering and then passing to the bbs... that's the way   
   it seems to read from what you wrote...   
      
    EJ> The same on 2:230/0, Benny - my uplink! So i'm not sure if it is my   
    EJ> setup there is okay, and theres there is wrong, or different.   
      
   you can try connecting to my system via telnet... frontdoor answers... freqs   
   are welcome... if you telnet with a standard terminal then you will pass   
   through frontdoor (hit esc twice) to my remoteaccess system...   
      
    ml>> have you tried using X00 or BNU? they pretty set the   
    ml>> standard for FOSSIL drivers when they came on the PC   
    ml>> scene...   
      
    EJ> Yes, I used BNU in the start of my modem days, but then I try ADF, and get   
    EJ> better performance with that, and since then I have used ADF.   
      
   ok... i was just suggesting them in case you were having a problem with adf   
   talking to netserial...   
      
    ml>> i do but i don't do it on winwhatever... i still use OS/2   
    ml>> with ray gwinn's SIO serial driver package...   
      
    EJ> I have tried to install OS/2, but get errordump when the system restart   
    EJ> after install :( Maybe the HD or the pc is too fast!   
      
   it depends on which OS/2 you've tried... i have eCS on a system now but i   
   don't think it is 1ghz or more... and only 384meg of ram, too :)   
      
    EJ> Have you filerequest on some of your lines? Where FD is online? So I   
    EJ> could try to request from your system, and see how it work against   
    EJ> you. Okay?   
      
   my system's address is listed in the nodelist... that's one of the main   
   reasons for the nodelist... but if you don't have a nodelist since some   
   systems don't need them (but they should!) then you can contact my system via   
   ftn.wpusa.dynip.com... telnet on standard port... be careful that you don't   
   try too many times too fast... i have an IDS (Intrusion Detection System) that   
   will block your IP if it thinks you are trying to attack the system... you'll   
   have to contact me via fidonet to have the block removed or wait until the   
   block times out after some days ;)   
      
    EJ> But for now - thanks for the help!   
      
   you are quite welcome :)   
      
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