Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 04:51:14 -0500 (CDT) From: Gary Clark II <gclarkii@main.gbdata.com> To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: uucico over ppp connection Message-ID: <199704230951.EAA04351@main.gbdata.com> In-Reply-To: <19970423094731.BV30311@uriah.heep.sax.de> from J Wunsch at "Apr 23, 97 09:47:31 am"
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J Wunsch wrote: > As Gary Clark II wrote: > > > With this setup, I don't see why you would need the uucp unless they have > > a dynamic address setup. > > Because UUCP is the only really working batch file transmission > protocol, at least in the Unix world. The added overhead isn't > overwhelming, and with Taylor's `i' protocol, you even get > bidirectional transfers. > > I'm also using it to get all my mail and news, mostly over direct > modem links, but also over IP whenever i'm currently connected to the > Internet. What I ment is the simple fact that Sendmail would handle sending the queue to them if they had a static address and where on-line when the queue ran. > > -- > cheers, J"org > > joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE > Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-) > Gary -- Gary Clark II (N5VMF) | I speak only for myself and "maybe" my company gclarkii@GBData.COM | Member of the FreeBSD Doc Team Providing Internet and ISP startups - http://WWW.GBData.com for information FreeBSD FAQ at ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/docs/FAQ.latin1
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