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Date:      Wed, 11 Nov 1998 10:15:55 +1300 (NZDT)
From:      Andrew McNaughton <andrew@squiz.co.nz>
To:        Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com>
Cc:        "Jason J. Horton" <jason@intercom.com>, Ed Kern <dag@dag.net>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: telnet account
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.01.9811111011090.1334-100000@aniwa.sky>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.HPP.3.96.981110110327.11845D-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com>

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On Tue, 10 Nov 1998, Bill Fumerola wrote:

> On Tue, 10 Nov 1998, Jason J. Horton wrote:
> 
> > Sometimes ya need ping, or lynx or bing or a test mail account.
> 
> Lynx is _really_ not a diagnostic tool. telnet or socket is(if you're
> trying to check if a web server is running).

In which case all you need for  testing is access to the odd socks
service, not full shell accounts.

Whatever.  Check out www.nyx.net for a free shell account.

Andrew


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