-=> CHARLES ANGELICH wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-

 WC> Thanks but turned out I needed to select ANSI instead of
 WC> VT100 and select zmodem instead of zclobber.

 CA> I _think_ at BBBS sites you need to turn the VT100 back on
 CA> again?

I telnet into copbbs.dyndns.org in Norway without difficulty,
it's BBBS.

 WC> Still if I wish to retain a packet I must rename it or
 WC> Hyperterminal fails to download but _does_ cause a reset of
 WC> message pointers at the BBS.

 CA> I had the rename working for NetTerm zmodem then fiddled with
 CA> it and lost that somehow. The rename should be the default for
 CA> all terminals using zmodem IMO.

 I believe the default there supports that.
 Anyway MultiMail supports renaming packets
 with a shortcut key.

 WC> Packets don't seem to auto-rename sequentially with
 WC> Hyperterminal. Been a long time since I setup all this sort
 WC> of stuff and a new machine, operating system and all.

 CA> Reset of message pointers on aborted or failed zmodem attempts
 CA> is a flaw in the BBS software. Nothing a terminal app can do
 CA> about that one way or the other really.

 I've yet to see if I can drop to DOS in MultiMail in DOS
 box but if I can am going to make a habit of unzipping the .ptr
 of my last packet to c:\mu (mail upload).
    
 
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