On Sun, Sep 26, 1999 at 12:34:48AM -0800, Adam Shand wrote: > this is getting a little off topic but ... > > > UUCP isnt complicated. It is completely straigforward and the correct > > solution to multiple-user offline email, which ETRN is NOT an solution. > > i disagree, i think it is. :-) i have yet to meet someone who isn't already > quite technical that has sucessfully setup a uucp connection without > significant help. especially since uucp over tcp accounts are even harder to > find then normal uucp accounts, this means that you have to setup chat > scripts to dial up, there are several different config files which need to > match and work together etc etc.
I did the first time - There is documentation available which is ok. Basic configuration for modem dialing is <20 lines of config which is clear text and can easily be documented which is not the case right now (Example config is quiet bad in the uucp package) > > *Aehm* UUCP is not a MAIL protocol. It is a file copy protocol which is > > extended with some kind of "Take this file x with protocol y and after > > receiving to z" ... > > err, my point exactly. pretty much all uucp is used for *now* is as an > offline mail protocol, but it was designed to be used for much more then > that. That might be right - But this still doesnt make a Mail protocol from it :) Flo -- Florian Lohoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] +49-5241-470566 ... The failure can be random; however, when it does occur, it is catastrophic and is repeatable ... Cisco Field Notice
