There are many changes here at NFB NEt, the official BBS of the
National Federation of the Blind, Fidonet 1:282/1045.
In addition to the modem line 612-696-1975, you can now Telnet in
from the Internet. Just point your Telnet client to nfbnet.org,
or to 206.11.202.33 if you like the numbers better. While we
need to get more experience with uploading and downloading,
especially with zmodem, everything seems to work.
Next, NFB Talk and Blind Talk are now available as Internet
mailing lists. If you have e-mail capabilities, you can have
them delivered automatically to your mailbox each day. To
subscribe to either, send a message to
Leave the subject line blank and put either subscribe nfb--talk
or subscribe blind-talk or both, in the body of the message. If
you subscribe to both, which we hope you do, put the subscribe
command and list name on one line, and
the second command and name on a new line.
To get help with listserv commands, put help on a separate line
of a message.
You will also see a couple other changes. First, we now have
Kermit running as an upload/download protocol. This protocol is
popular on the Internet. It seems a bit slow, but does work.
Some people have reported problems with zmodem uploads when
Telneting, but Kermit seems to work. Also, downloading seems to
be more robust than uploading, and PPP connections seem more
robust then Shell Accounts, although the latter will work fine.
Finally, there is a new command on the main menu. It is o for
offline reading. You can find the Bluewave door here. Bluewave
is a very popular message reading and replying system, that many
blind persons use. Choose b bluewave from the o offline menu
and follow the instructions.
Happy modeming.
David Andrews, SysOp
Moderator: NFB Talk and Blind Talk
p.s. I almost forgot one thing. You can now send and receive
Internet e-mail from NFB NET. The e-mail area is 90. For
complete instructions, download or read the file "emailhow.txt"
from area 1.
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