Here's a list of links to progams you can use to connect to hayseed.net in various ways. If you find that any of these links are dead, or want to recommend a new program for this page, please mail us.

Shell Access

Shell access is only available via ssh. Here are our recommendations:

• Win32: The excellent free terminal program TeraTerm Pro has an SSH plugin available, TTSSH. Documentation and instructions are on the TTSSH page. Unfortunately as cool as the SSH plugin is for TeraTerm it doesn't support ssh version 2. If you need version 2 support you can try Putty. It's a lot more primitive than TeraTerm but eventually we will stop supporting ssh version 1 due to Man in the Middle vulnerabilities. Alternatively, there are various ports of the actual ssh source code mentioned below in the Unix part of this section. And, finally, there is the F-Secure SSH for Windows suite, which is commercial and kind of expensive.

• MacOS Classic: NiftyTelnet SSH is a good free telnet/ssh application for "Classic" MacOS. I'm not sure if it runs on OS X in emulation mode or not ( feedback welcome). The stuff on his page about US citizens needing special license is pretty outdated, FYI.

• Unix / Linux / BSD / OS X / BeOS : Basically anybody who can compile POSIX-compliant C code can use OpenSSH. You need some prerequisites to compile it, but it is the best alternative. If you need simplicity in compiling, you can get the original ssh code from The SSH FTP site.

File Access:

For security reasons, hayseed.net doesn't use standard FTP. We prefer using scp and/or sftp, which are subsets of the ssh protocols mentioned above. Try these:

• Win32: There's a great freeware scp client, WinSCP, that acts just like a GUI FTP client. Highly recommended. Also, as above, you can get ports of the Unix ssh code, which contains a command-line scp client. You can also buy F-Secure's SSH for Windows implementation, that contains SFTP and scp functionality. We've also discovered that the commercial CuteFTP Pro contains an SFTP implementation.

• MacOS Classic: Pleasantly, once again NiftyTelnet SSH , as of revision 3, contains SCP client code. It's your one-stop shop for ssh stuff. The F-Secure MacOS scheme supports FTP-over-SSH, but not in a way that's compatible with hayseed.net, so don't throw your money at them on our account.

• Unix / Linux / BSD / OS X / BeOS: See the above SSH section for links to both the original ssh code and OpenSSH, both of which contain scp clients; OpenSSH also contains an sftp client.

Mail Access:

Mail is only accessible remotely via SPOP or SIMAP. Normal POP and IMAP are not supported and will not be.

• All Users: We offer several local mail clients that you can use from a shell on hayseed.net over ssh, such as pine, elm, and mailx. We are open to installing your favorite local client if you're really excited about it. Also, if there's a build of Mozilla or Netscape Communicator available for your platform, their mail clients work very well with hayseed.net's SPOP and SIMAP server.

• Webmail: You can access your hayseed.net mail with an SSL-enabled browser at https://www.hayseed.net/webmail/ from anywhere in the world.

• Win32: Eudora Pro supports both SPOP and SIMAP, and is a great program if you care to pay for it or suffer through the advertising-supported version. Netscape Communicator and its heir, Mozilla Mail are also good SIMAP clients. For the hard-core, PC-Pine does SIMAP very well also.

• MacOS Classic: Eudora Pro is a good client for MacOS if Netscape/Mozilla mail doesn't work for you for some reason.

• Unix / Linux / BSD / OS X / BeOS: Ximian Evolution is a very nice GUI client if your Unix flavor has GNOME available. Pine 4.30 or later can be compiled to run locally on your machine and use SIMAP to an external server as well.

All of these mail notes are subject to constant flux, as we upgrade the security and capabilities of hayseed.net's mail server.

MOO Access:

You can access our MOO in a variety of ways. The MOO sever is reachable via moo.hayseed.net port 7777. For those of you behind corporate firewalls that block high ports but have punched a hole for AOL access we also have the MOO server listening to port 5190 (the traditional AOL port). Heres a list of ways to get to The Meadow:

• The Java interface at meadow.html.

• Using the excellent cross-platform client tk-MOO light -- works with Unix/Linux, Win32, and MacOS. BeOS support is sketchy due to the immature state of the TCL/tk port. This is the Official Hayseed Networks Recomended MOO Access Method.

• Using any local client of your choice, including raw telnet, to connect to moo.hayseed.net on one of the MOO listening ports above. The masochist's approach... ;-)