>>Mark Roth wrote:
>>I finally found out a little bit about TELNET. I wanted to use it to
>>delete some files from my email server. I was able to login OK and it
>>seemed to accept the deletions I wanted to make. But I know I need a
>>successful update to get them to work and I couldn't do it. I tried entring
>>UPDATE and I got back an -err message. When I tried the QUIT command I also
>>got an -err message for that butit did quit and return to Arachne. It did
>>not successfuly delete the messages. What else can I do to get it tpo work?
>>Is there something wrong with the copy of TELNET that I have?
>>
>
>- -Bart replied
>- -You'll have to use the external FTP (ftp.exe) that comes with telnet.apm.
>
>I'll hav eto learn about FTP.EXE. I don't yet know anything about it
>except using ftp:// instead of http:// for transfering files instead of
>downloading pages.
-Bart replied:
-When you shell out of arachne (alt-e) and type FTP at the dos prompt, you
-get a similar screen as in telnet.exe. Probably your ISP has some info
-about servers on a webpage, from which you should use the ftp-server.
-(ftp.xs4all.nl is just an example, it's the server I use myself, but it
-requires a login with password, similar to telnet)(there is also a link to
-ftp.ook and telnet.ook, on the arachne utilities page, choose "your
-applications". You can, of course, add links to .ook to your dialpage.
I tried using FTP.EXE too. It's a lot friendlier than TELNET. At least I can
get the help command to work. I tried tpo delete the files that are giving
me trouble. It verified each delete, all 124 of them. But it didn't do9 it.
Their still there. When you use TELNET the dele doesn't actually work until
you successfully quit. I haven't been able to do that either. I don't know
what you have to do to get the deleted files to actually be deleted.
I succesfully closed the server.
-When you use telnet.exe from the dos prompt, you type alt-a to end server
-mode and then the name of a server you want to log in to (mine is
-xs4.xs4all.nl). Then you'll be prompted for name and password, and get to
-your website.
-Telnet.exe does not have support for file transfer commands, nor for
-renaming or deleting. FTP.exe does.
TELNET has file transfer commands but I couldn't get them to work. There
is RETR to download a file. And there is DELE to delete the files. The
files aren't actually deleted until you successfully quit.
>
>- -Probably you'll have to open anather server (like "open ftp.xs4all.nl"
>- -instead of "xs4.xs4all.nl") if you use it manually).
>
>What's xs4.xs4all.nl?
>I started TELNET by pressing the [T] key.
>My server is pop.hotpop.com. When I used TELNET I logged in with the
>command:
>
>telnet> pop.hotpop.com 110
>telnet> user myusername
>telnet> pass mypassword
>Then I entered the delete comands for the messages starting with:
>telnet> dele 26
>telnet> dele 25
>And so on until I did all of the first 26 messages
>Then I tried to use a command trhat I wasn't sure would work, and it didn't.
>telnet> update
>telnet> -err
>Then I tried a command that really should have worked but it didn't either.
>telnet> quit
>It quit the whole program but didn't update the dele commands.
-"dele" in telnet.exe is new to me. Does it work?
The DELE command seems to work fine. But the files aren't actually deleted
until you successfully quit. The QUIT command hsn't been working for me.
-I usually logout with exit, not quit, but that's to end a unix shell, not -telnet.exe
Does EXIT work? I tried [Alt-X] it exited but it didn't update the deleted
files. They're still there.
-(that's alt-x, but telnet automatically ends when the connection
-is broken)
>
>Then it returned me to Arachne
>
>- -Yet if you use telnet on a unix shell account, try "mc" for a change.
>
>What do you mean? is there a "mc" command for TELNET or FTP and what does
>it do?
>
-mc (midnight commander) is a graphic filemanager for unix (it's even in
-MonkeyLinux) of which I suppose Norton and Volkov commanders are ports,
-clones or at least lookalikes. Mc can be used through telnet for site
-maintainance, although it's internal editor (or standard editor) "vi" is
-completely obscure to me.
>- -The function keys can be replaced by <escape> with the number key
>- -(<esc><1> instead of <F1>)
>
-That's just my experience, I can offer to share. Please don't be angry if
-it doesn't apply...
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