From: htoaster@yabbs
To: ac|dc@yabbs
Subject: re: telnet
Date: Wed Apr  6 22:24:12 1994
In message telnet, ac|dc said:
> HT:
>     I just wanted to know why the number of users allowed through telnet 
> is so low. It seems every time I try to get on yabbs, it takes me an 
> eternity to actually get on.Also, it is it possible to get a client on a 
> Vax/VMS or only on a Unix?
> 
>                                         -AC/DC

i allow so few telnet sessions because I was noticing a big performance hit
on my machine by allowing unlimited clients to connect through my machine.
my hope was that if i put a limit anyone who could use a client would, so the
limit wouldn't be that big of a hit.  i know that its been hard getting on,
but if i raise the number of telnet sessions the machine just becomes a lot
slower for me again.

right now there isn't a vax/vms client, although I don't think a port from the
unix client should be very hard, and i'll be willing to help anyone who is
interested in doing this (they should know about programming on the vax, 
because i haven't even really touched one, but i'll point out which parts of
the yabbs client should need to be changed, which is probably only four or
five functions).  if there is a port done i'll distribute the vms client
as well and merge the changes back into my code.

alex