I'm not james, but I'll try to answer. Telnet is a protocal and a program that allows one computer to connect to another in such a way as to be able to remotely perform operatins on that computer as though it was dialed into or sitting on your desk. There are a number of programs that provide functionality through the telnet protocol. to telnet using the telnet builtinto windows, one can go to the run box with jaws and type: telnet my-ip.com or telnet 130.121.1553 for instance if those were real places, press enter and provide a log in and pass word and get a window with a command line or a menu of options to select from. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ricque" <ricque@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2004 7:44 PM Subject: Re: windows xp telnet and jfw James, What exactly is Tel-Net? And would a home computer user use it? Richard Justice ----- Original Message ----- From: "James" <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2004 5:24 PM Subject: Re: windows xp telnet and jfw > I have written a tutorial on how to set up JFW 5.0 to work with Telnet for > windows XP, as well as other operating systems. It can be found at > http://www.cyber-corner.net/tutorials/bcu/telnetxp.html . If you have any > further questions, please direct them my way. > James, > List Admin > > At 10:16 AM 31/07/2004, you wrote: > >Hello, > > I'm attempting to help someone use the telnet program that came with win > >xp. The version of jfw running is 5.0. Does jfw 5.0 even work with telnet, > >or does another program work better? > >Thanks. > > > >Pastor Mark > > > >-- > >To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to > >jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > >Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw > > > >If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or > >the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather > >contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > -- No attachments (even text) are allowed -- > -- Type: text/plain > > > -- > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw > > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx