Can you configure your modem to simply ignore the +++ sequence?

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>From: Roger Fischer <roger@badger1.net>
>To: "Bruce Anderson" <brucea@spacestar.net>
>Cc: port-mac68k@netbsd.org
>Subject: Re: NAT not passing all characters?
>Date: Wed, Apr 7, 1999, 12:39 AM
>

>>> <brucea@wavefront.com>
>>> I figured out what is wrong with my mail.
>>> The problem is with "+" ASCII 0x2B ( decimal 43) getting intercepted by the
>>> modem as AT commands in the IO stream. Without SLIP/PPP escaping "+" the
>>> modems enter command mode.
>>> I tested this by sending mail with a valid AT command in the body of the
>>> message. (turned my speeker on and off)
>
> except that the pppd man page specifically says that you can not
> escape characters with hex values between 0x20 and 0x3f.
>
> Hmmm
> I tried anyway and got the following message when I tried to fire up ppp
>  (connecting...pppd: can't escape character 0x2b
>
> Oh well.
> back to the drawing board.
>
> The ISP getting new POP software solved my incoming mail problem last year.
> Now I've got to track down this outgoing one.
>
> roger fischer
>
> Roger Fischer  roger@badger1.net  http://www.badger1.net
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