Re: n890421 (KA9Q for the Atari ST....)

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From: Toby Hart Dyke
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1993 09:00

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In article <1993Jan2.005603.17079@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>,
           jbunch@nyx.cs.du.edu (John Bunch) writes:

>Greetings...  
>
>I grabbed the n890421 package from atari.archive, and I have it set up and
>it appears to work mostly.  I can finger sites, and ftp to sites, but
>whenever I try to telnet I get 2 bombs.


This is a known bug with this version, which has something to do with the
way that a site interrogates your machine to find out which type of
terminal it is.

The fix is to put 'echo refuse' in the 'net.rc' file. Everything should
then be fine.


>--
>John B Bunch              *  I don't want the world, I just want your
>280 Quail St. 1st Floor   *     half....     -TMBG
>Albany, NY 12208          *  jbunch@nyx.cs.du.edu If mail here bounces
>(518) 436-3810            *  Try John.Bunch@bbs.oit.unc.edu
>
>


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Subject: Re: n890421 (KA9Q for the Atari ST....)
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