Re: Accessing a BBS programtically

Greetings All,

On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:21:04 UTC, "Cliff Harris"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

 > I need to be able to access a BBS and upload a file to it.
 > THe thing is, I don't want to have to interact myself to do
 > it.  Is there a way to programatially access a BBS, including
 > the dial-in, send command, and read responses?  Let me know if
 > this is possible.  Thanks.

You will have to log in manually at least once and step thru the
routines to upload.  Using a comm program like ZOC, you can tell
it to learn the keystrokes and store them in a script file.  That
file can be re-called from a command line (or possibly a batch or
cmd file) later on.  Hyperterm may also be able to do this, but
the version that comes with Windoze is quite lame.  You can get a
copy of ZOC at <http://www.emtec.com>.

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