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                                    .