Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 05:49:56 -0400
From: Steve Smith <sgs at aginc.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Telnet and Insurance
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

Mike B. wrote:
> At 12:43 AM 5/12/05 -0400, Keith F. Lynch wrote:
>
>>"Mike B." <omni at omniphile.com> wrote:
>>
>>>What application is it?
>>
>>IE under XP.  I simply type telnet://panix.com/ for the URL.  I'm
>>pleased to see that it defaults to light-on-dark, unlike everything
>>else.
>
> That's probably running the same telnet software you get in the command
> prompt with "telnet".  From what I've seen, it's a pretty basic telnet
> implementation.  If you want to try another, check out TeraTermPro.  It's
> free, and you can set the screen colors.  It's still pretty basic, but more
> configurable than the Windows built-in...one thing for instance is being
> able to set what happens with newlines on send and receive.  There's also
> an add-on (also free) that adds SSH capability, making it TeraTermSSH (SSH
> 1 only though...it doesn't do SSH 2).  Info and download here:
>
> http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002416/teraterm.html
>
> I know it runs under NT, and probably 2000.  I haven't tried it on XP, but
> I suspect it will work...it's not a complex Windows app.

TeraTerm Pro used to be the best one around.  The best I've found
currently is PuTTY <http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/>.
  Does all the nifty SSH stuff, along with vanilla Telnet.  (I've been
bashing pretty heavily lately on SSH, so if you want to know how, for
example, to tunnel IMAP over SSH, send me a message off- list.)

One thing, though.  Check out the policy where you work before
installing any software on your PC.  Some outfits are very fussy,
especially on machines that are used for legal stuff.  Like, say, where
you're working now.

As to POP/IMAP, I wouldn't.  I don't consider it a good idea to leave
all the litterings from my personal e-mail on my employer's PC.
Telnet/SSH works, and doesn't leave breadcrumbs.  At worst, Panix
probably has a Webmail interface (eech!).

(As to insurance, I'd bet that an eye exam and a new pair or two of
glasses cost less than a month's health insurance premium.  The discount
places are usually pretty good.)

--
Steve Smith                                    sgs at aginc dot net
Agincourt Computing                            http://www.aginc.net
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