Good ${greeting_time}, Janis!

08 Oct 2014 11:25:10, you wrote to me:

 >>> Some mailers offer telnet as a method of transferring messages/files,
 >>> kind of like binkp does.
 >> ITN means "ifcico with Telnet-style connection control"
 JK> Yes, BBBS provides a telnet mailer interface which operates as Nick
 JK> and you mention. It is a mailer interface, not for users,

Does it really use Telnet-style connection control?
If yes, I'd like to see the full session recording (with `tcpdump`).

 JK> though it does also provide a telnet user interface for access to
 JK> the bbs itself as well.

That's out-of-scope for Fidonet standards.

 JK> FrontDoor mailer under OS/2 also allows mailer telnet connections,
 JK> so there are a few mailers that do this.

Vmodem? It uses plain TCP.


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