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Grex Info Item 231: Connection with other BBS's.
Entered by mcpoz on Sat Apr 15 12:32:11 UTC 1995:

Is it possible to connect with another bulletin board, Perhaps in Arizona?
I see there are a few in Tucson, Mesa, etc. which would be nice to contact.
Is there a set of instructions somewhere on how to do this?
thanks

4 responses total.

#1 of 4 by robh on Sat Apr 15 13:47:33 1995:

No problem, just get their Internet domain and type this
at an Ok: prompt:

        !telnet sitename.whatever.whatever

(Remember to include the ! to run a Unix command.)

This will connect you to that site.  Most Grex users connect
here from another system by using this command:

        telnet cyberspace.org

#2 of 4 by davel on Sat Apr 15 14:37:56 1995:

I think most connect here through some kind of gopher or web menu item,
which does the telnet command for them, Rob.

Marc, if you have their internet address in numeric form, you can also
use that to telnet.  For example,
   telnet 152.160.30.1
should do the same as
   telnet grex.cyberspace.org

Chances are that if you have an internet mail address for a user on the
system (bozo@somesite.com, say), you can use somesite.com as the address
to telnet to.

All this (Rob's answer too) assumes they're directly on the net.  They may
have mail addresses that are routed through some kind of gateway, in which
case you're out of luck.

#3 of 4 by mcpoz on Sat Apr 15 19:15:04 1995:

Robert & Dave, thanks a lot for the start.  I'll try it and see what happens.
One other question - Is there any way other than trial and error to see what
features a BBS has?

#4 of 4 by robh on Sat Apr 15 20:02:29 1995:

Re 2 - I know, but it *does* use that command.

Re 3 - Um, ask someone who's there?  >8)  I know of a *very* few
BBS's which publish guide books on how to use them, other than
that trial and error is the best way to do it.  (The most fun, too.)

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