> We did this for another company quite some time ago. The company was
> running MajorBBS and a TCP/IP add-on. We created a generic account in
> the PortMaster that performed an rlogin call (so the connection would
> be 8-bit and z-modem transfers would work...didn't work with telnet for
> some reason) to the BBS. It worked great.
Telnet is normally a 7 bit connection. We run a BBS that is available
via telnet, and we always get questions about why Zmodem doesn't work. We
tell people to use rlogin -8 from a Unix system, or to get a telnet client
like Netterm that supports 8 bit mode. Netterm is great because it also
has Zmodem built in for downloading files. Your average telnet client
can't do downloads because that isn't what it is designed for.
Brian