Subj : Raw or is it RAW ?
To   : Dennis Scott
From : Digital Man
Date : Sun Mar 12 2023 17:26:01

  Re: Raw or is it RAW ?
  By: Dennis Scott to Digital Man on Sun Mar 12 2023 08:14 pm

 >   Re: Raw or is it RAW ?
 >   By: Digital Man to Dennis Scott on Sun Mar 12 2023 02:07 pm
 >
 >  >   Re: Raw or is it RAW ?
 >  >   By: Dennis Scott to All on Sun Mar 12 2023 01:24 pm
 >
 >  >  > Hello to All,
 >
 >  >  > I have a tiny little question that's related to something I saw
 >  >  > earlier o Diamond Mine BBS. While doing my normal things on there, a
 >  >  > message popped on the screen that said "so and so logged on using
 >  >  > "RAW". I looked and mi said Telnet (as it should be), but what is
 >  >  > "RAW"?
 >
 >  > Raw TCP, not Telnet, not RLogin, just plain ole TCP.
 >
 > So Raw probably means that person is on the same local TCIP network as the
 > BBS, ie, a local user?

No, not at all. More likely the user is just using some retro hardware or software that doesn't support Telnet.
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