Re: R: flexfax: Documentation for hfaxd client-server protocol

["Jay R. Ashworth" <jra@baylink.com>]

On Tue, Oct 05, 1999 at 01:35:59PM +0100, Michael Stevens wrote:
> I'm not familiar with the protocol but I _think_ it's attempting to
> connect to a port you (the client) should be listening on, via prior
> agreement, you're not listening there, and the connection is
> failing. This however is a guess, based on vague memories of the ftp
> protocol and nothing else.

I'd say that was an acceptable bet, Michael.  That is how FTP commonly
works, unless it's in passive mode, when the client builds both links.
I don't know if the hfaxd server supports a passive mode or not; I hope
so -- it would make outside of firewall clients easier to build.

Cheers,
-- jra
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