> If what you have is Internet only, you can use only email to send your > commands. I would be absolutely delighted for someone to tell me > otherwise, as it can be a slow blankety blank pain in the whatever > sometimes. That's funny. I have both internet and bitnet available but never choose to use interactive bitnet commands because internet mail is faster (for me -- this is not necessarily true for everybody), mail will go through sooner or later even if links are down whereas interactive commands die, and I prefer getting responses as mail because I find it disruptive to have interactive blurbs hopping onto my screen (which is why I keep 'mesg n' set all the time (no interactive messages). I find mail much more convenient and orderly than interactive stuff and am always fascinated to hear that some people prefer fooling with interactive commands. --Natalie ([log in to unmask])