> > Anyway, you need to > > find out (from your isp) which server to telnet to, and you log in via > > command line, and they need to have pine or elm available to run from that > > server (just type pine or elm at the prompt, after you finish logging on). > > Just a note...very, very few ISP's offer telnet access anymore. I know > we cut our users off a few years back; one account (out of some 300 at > the time, we have nearly 700 now) got got hacked or given out (we were > never able to determine which) and we proceeded to get rather nastily > compromised.
If I may say (nothing here stated against Mr. Johnson or his IT group), a lot of ISPs have it in their head that shells are inherently insecure based on events like these, whereas an unprotected SLIP/PPP dialup can be equally damaging and give hackers a difficult-to-trace entry point to other systems, just like a shell prompt. For a lot of older systems, a shell account is much more computationally economical and efficient than SLIP or PPP. -- ----------------------------- personal page: http://www.armory.com/~spectre/ -- Cameron Kaiser, Point Loma Nazarene University * [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation. -- H. H. Munro ---- -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
