BC> Take a look at Configure pull down menu then connect device. 
 BC> Highlight Telnet an then click on config in the lower left corner. 
 BC> Then in the middle right under "No Connect strings"  Make all of them
 BC> blank.  I think this will stop TFW from complaining about telnet not
 BC> being available.
I checked.  They were already blank.
 BC> Do you make all calls Telnet and dial up connections from the Phone
 BC> book?
I've got two phone books, one for each.  Interesting idea of having
them together and using the connect device selection within each of
the entries.
 BC> I have mine setup with Telnet as the default connect device.  With
 BC> this setting TFW does not try to send an init string to the modem. 
 BC> This is done when I use a phone book entry to call a direct modem
 BC> call.
Hmmm ... I might have to think about this.
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