Subject: Accessing an account from a distance.

From: Steve Scholz <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1995 13:49:58 -0700

I don't know if you are the group I should be asking this question of, 
but here it goes.

I have an account at the Univ of New Mexico. I can access it via local 
telephones from home or directly at school. My question is, when I go on 
vacation, is it necessary for me to call long-distance to these local 
numbers in order to gain access or is there some way to make use of local 
calls around the country to access it? For instance if I am in San 
Francisco is there some local number (say for SFSU) whereI could call and 
from there login to my accoutn in New Meixco?  This seems familiar but I 
don't know the validity or method by which I do this. Assuming I can find 
the local dial-in numbers where-ever I am, how do I get to my account?

Thanks Steve

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From: [email-masked] (Jonathan and DearOldDad)
Date: 11 Dec 1995 05:51:39 GMT

Steve Scholz ([email-masked]) wrote:
: I have an account at the Univ of New Mexico. I can access it via local 
: telephones from home or directly at school. My question is, when I go on 
: vacation, is it necessary for me to call long-distance to these local 
: numbers in order to gain access or is there some way to make use of local 
: calls around the country to access it? For instance if I am in San 
: Francisco is there some local number (say for SFSU) whereI could call and 
: from there login to my accoutn in New Meixco?  This seems familiar but I 

Yes, but ... read on ... You probably can't 'call' (as in toll-free) but 
... for every obstacle there are at least two workarounds ...

: don't know the validity or method by which I do this. Assuming I can find 
: the local dial-in numbers where-ever I am, how do I get to my account?
: Thanks Steve 

You need someone at the locality where you are to let you dial into thier 
(local) phone # and account (doesna matter if it's San Francisco or 
Pennsylvannia or Monte Carlo or South Africa) then TELNET to your server 
and login to your account.  Check with your sys admin at unm.edu to see 
if they allow incoming telnets, most do, some do not.  Hope this helps.  
Please feel free to email me if you need further help, as yer correct, 
this probably has nothing to with PINE except that yer trying to read 
your email.  BYE.

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