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Interactive EMSI (IEMSI) is a protocol which can be used by
communications software to establish certain parameters for
an interactive session, for example a user logging on to a
bulletin board. The only software to support IEMSI at this
time is RemoteAccess 1.00 and FrontDoor 2.01.
From within the FrontDoor setup program, the user can define
a number of user "profiles", each of which includes a user
name, handle, password, telephone number, location etc. When
IEMSI is enabled from within the terminal and the user calls
a RemoteAccess BBS, the user's information is sent to the
BBS automatically.
This makes it possible for a user (the "client") to log on
to a BBS (the "server") without even touching the keyboard.
FrontDoor and RemoteAccess will automatically exchange
information such as software name and version number, screen
parameters and local time.
One useful feature is the ability of the server to
temporarily modify the user's display parameters for the
current session only. For example, normally when a user
calls a particular BBS he/she might use 25 line mode
locally, so the "screenlength" field in his/her record is
set to 25 accordingly. However, on one occasion he/she
activates the FrontDoor terminal in 50 line mode.
RemoteAccess will recognise this and set the screen length
to 50 for the current session only, restoring it to 25 when
the user disconnects. In addition, RemoteAccess will
automatically activate whatever terminal emulations both it
and the client supports.
To see if a user is connected in IEMSI mode to your BBS,
press F7. If IEMSI is active, RemoteAccess will display the
relevant information about the client's system on the status
bar. At the right hand end of the status bar the user's
request flags are displayed. A request flag is an option
that the user asked for. RemoteAccess currently supports
these request flags:
CLR : Clear screen codes
NEWS : Display the NEWS.A?? file
MAIL : Check for new mail
FILE : Check for new files
HOT : Use hot-keys
HUSH : Activate "do not disturb"
FSED : Use the full screen message editor .
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