Xref: utzoo comp.mail.misc:5496 comp.mail.uucp:6581 news.admin:14486 Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,comp.mail.uucp,news.admin Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!sdd.hp.com!news.cs.indiana.edu!maytag!xenitec!eah From: eah@xenitec.on.ca (Ed Hew happily using ksh) Subject: Re: BITFTP grief! Organization: Xenitec Consulting Services, Kitchener, ON, CANADA Distribution: na Date: Mon, 20 May 1991 03:36:55 GMT Message-ID: <1991May20.033655.5269@xenitec.on.ca> References: <30EBM2G@xds13.ferranti.com> <1991May18.190644.27513@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1991May19.133104.11572@balkan.TNT.COM> In article <1991May19.133104.11572@balkan.TNT.COM> wgb@balkan.TNT.COM (William G. Bunton) writes: >>UUnet is always there. And they have 1-900 numbers. > >And some of us, due to children or other excuses, have to have 900 >blocking in place. >-- >William G. Bunton | wgb@balkan.tnt.com Oh, I can't resist this.... You have 900 blocking in place on your _modem_ lines?? It'd be rather trivial to write a little filter to check for `logname` before allowing your "kids or other excuses" access to any of your modem utilities. -- Ed. A. Hew, ..!{watmath|lsuc}!xenitec!eah XeniTec Consulting Services, Kitchener, ON, Canada (519) 570-9848 [biz.sco.{opendesktop,general,announce} newsgroup/mlists person.]