-=> Quoting Bruce Wilson to Ben Carpenter <=-
 BC> How or when do you get TFW complaining about telnet not being
 BC> available?  I have not gotten this kind of error message.  I do
 BC> not use AOL.  I use a local internet provider.
 BW> 
 BW> It's when I switch TFW to Telnet from the modem, without there being
 BW> an AOL connection first.  Telnet's not available at that point.  It
 BW> isn't available until/unless AOL's connected.
 
 BC> What would happen if you waited to launch TFW until you were
 BC> connected to AOL?  Would this stop TFW from complaining about
 BC> telnet not being available?
 BW> 
 BW> Probably, but then it'd complain about the COM port already being in
 BW> use by AOL.  :-)
 Bruce
 Take a look at Configure pull down menu then connect device.  Highlight
 Telnet an then click on config in the lower left corner.  Then in the
 middle right under "No Connect strings"  Make all of them blank.  I
 think this will stop TFW from complaining about telnet not being
 available.
 Do you make all calls Telnet and dial up connections from the Phone
 book?  If you do and have the entry for each entry setup to the connect
 device needed for that connection you could set the default connect
 device to Telnet and when you called an entry that required a direct
 modem call the phone book entry would use the modem connect device
 listed in that phone book entry.
 I have mine setup with Telnet as the default connect device.  With this
 setting TFW does not try to send an init string to the modem.  This is
 done when I use a phone book entry to call a direct modem call.
 I hope I have made this clear
... Ben    
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