I am challenged right now with my only access being stuck behind a shitty filter and I was hoping I could get a little help. Now, I am a retro geek and love a challenge, but this sucks.

Think of it like a desert island scenario, if you will. Say you only had ftp and telnet, as if you got time warped back to the nineties (but you have Windows10 - meh) and had to start from scratch. What tools do you use?

Currently I found a win32 telnet program called mTelnet, but it doesn't support TLS encryption, so I can't even talk to smtp/imap.gmail.com. What would you do? What software is essential? How do you get basic email services?

Would love some help, my friends.
-Spaceboy
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On Sat, 13 Jul 2024 07:11:06 +0000, you wrote:

I am challenged right now with my only access being stuck behind a
shitty filter and I was hoping I could get a little help. Now, I am a
retro geek and love a challenge, but this sucks.

What are you challenged with, and what filter are you stuck behind?

Think of it like a desert island scenario, if you will. Say you only
had ftp and telnet, as if you got time warped back to the nineties
(but you have Windows10 - meh) and had to start from scratch. What
tools do you use?

For FTP, as I don't use it much, I just use the Linux console (ftp) client, and on my Windows machine, I use WinSCP. If I had the need to use it more often, I'd probably go with something like Filezilla.

For telnet, I use Syncterm or the Linux console (telnet), really. But there's others out there, like IcyTerm, Magiterm, Netrunner, and probably a few others I don't remember.

Currently I found a win32 telnet program called mTelnet, but it
doesn't support TLS encryption, so I can't even talk to smtp/imap.gmail.com. What would you do? What software is essential?
How do you get basic email services?

mTelnet is quite old and outdated. Still works great for telnet, but that's about, if not all it supports (as the name implies).

I guess my question in this case is, why are you trying to use a telnet program for email services? Unless I'm misunderstanding something here.

Regards,
Nick

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Quoting Spaceboy to All <=-

Think of it like a desert island scenario, if you will. Say you only
had ftp and telnet, as if you got time warped back to the nineties (but you have Windows10 - meh) and had to start from scratch. What tools do
you use?

Even in the 90's we had email clients. :) Can you not use an ssh client
to connect to a free shell like sdf.org or something? From there you could
use pine or alpine for email.

Currently I found a win32 telnet program called mTelnet, but it
doesn't support TLS encryption, so I can't even talk to smtp/imap.gmail.com. What would you do? What software is essential? How
do you get basic email services?

The last email client I wrote was a BBS door and it was so long ago email didn't have encryption. LOL So I do know with the correct terminal you
should be able to read / write email using nothing but telnet.

I use Magiterm for BBS telnet / ssh.

Shawn

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Re: Looking for a little advi
By: Tiny to SPACEBOY on Sat Jul 13 2024 06:52 am

Hey thanks for these responses, this helps a lot.
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Re: Looking for a little advice...
By: Accession to Spaceboy on Fri Jul 12 2024 08:07 pm

Thanks for the advice, this helps. I was able to get syncTerm and netRunner. Still looking for a link or other help getting an email client because of the filter...
Thanks!
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Re: Looking for a little advi
By: Tiny to SPACEBOY on Sat Jul 13 2024 06:52 am

Remeber, I am starting from scratch on a blank Win10 sys, no root access, and the devil's own browneye for a filter. How can I make an account on SDF.org if I can't go to SDF.org?
Thanks
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On Mon, 15 Jul 2024 17:20:54 -0500, you wrote:

Thanks for the advice, this helps. I was able to get syncTerm and netRunner. Still looking for a link or other help getting an email
client because of the filter...

I still don't think you've explained what this "filter" actually is.

Otherwise, Thunderbird is a great email client for Win10.

Regards,
Nick

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Re: Looking for a little advice...
By: Accession to Spaceboy on Tue Jul 16 2024 07:55 pm

"Still not sure what this filter actually is..."

Actually it is made by a co called FortiGuard and it is the devil's own arse when you are stuck behind it for your only net access all day long...
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