01 Apr 16 23:56, you wrote to Elmo Jensen:   
      
    >> 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.   
      
    DD> You said you connect to Gert's BBS, which then redirects you to the   
    DD> mailer ? -- that does not sound right. Usually it is the mailer that   
    DD> answers first.   
      
   it depends, really... some bbses can operate in shell-to-mailer mode... they   
   either answer the connection and shell to the mailer or they shell to the   
   mailer straight away and then accept a hot line after the mailer answers the   
   line and exits back to the bbs... pcboard and other similar bbses answer the   
   line and then switch to the mailer when they realize the connection is not a   
   human user...   
      
    DD> If you are using a virtual modem with FrontDoor, then the system you   
    DD> are connecting to should also be using a virtual modem. The rule is: a   
    DD> virtual modem connects to another virtual modem - and a telnet   
    DD> 'client' connects to a telnet 'server'.   
      
   telnet-to-telnet, yes... but one could have a virtual modem that does ssh or   
   rlogin so they'll also need to connect to the proper end on the other side...   
   a virtual modem is just a shim between software that is expecting to talk to   
   an analogue modem and a different connection type that speaks another   
   language/protocol... kinda like a media convertor (aka cable modem, dsl modem,   
   fiber optic to cat5)...   
      
    DD> If you are using a virtual modem to connect to a BinkP server, then it   
    DD> will not work. If you use FrontDoor to connect to another frontend   
    DD> mailer that is not FTN compatible, then it will not work. You should   
    DD> ask Benny what mailer he's using -- the safest frontend mailers to use   
    DD> with FrontDoor are D'Bridge and BinkleyTerm (because they are   
    DD> oldschool like FrontDoor).   
      
   very true...   
      
    >> 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.   
      
    DD> ADF is all you need these days. I only use BNU for nostalgia reasons.   
    DD> Also, no point using X00 or anything that requires 'config.sys'(unless   
    DD> you're running DOS/w3.x/w9x).   
      
   if you rename x00.sys to x00.exe, you can load it from the command line... no   
   config.sys necessary... x00 was specifically written to be able to do this ;)   
      
    >> 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?   
      
    DD> Bleh. Do not waste your time with OS/2 :)   
      
   why not? it works perfectly well over here... it has done so since OS/2 Warp 3   
   Connect came out... we also don't have a bunch of scridiots trying to tear it   
   down ;)   
      
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