Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 18:46:07 +0000 From: Didier Derny <didier@aida.org> To: Brian Tao <taob@io.org> Cc: FREEBSD-ISP-L <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org>, FREEBSD-QUESTIONS-L <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Need tips and tricks for UUCP mail and news Message-ID: <317D256F.41C67EA6@aida.org> References: <Pine.NEB.3.92.960421231513.3126F-100000@zap.io.org>
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Brian Tao wrote: > > Are there any FAQ's or guides on setting up a UUCP mail and news > server under FreeBSD? I have almost no clue about how UUCP works (I > figure everyone should be able to use SMTP or NNTP by now) with > regards to spooling messages for later delivery or how it interacts > with the mail and news server to send/receieve messages. > UUCP works fine. if you are providing the uucp services to your client you can use the mailertable feature to determine which sites have their mail sent through uucp. for your client, I suppose that he only has a uucp connection no acces to internet so the best for him his probably to declare "your site" as smart host. he will still be able to use smtp on his internal network. there are absolutely no problem for inn that can be configured to feed a uucp site / or to get the news from uucp if you want my configuration files email me to didier@omnix.fr.org add something like "HELP!!!!!!" in the subject. (I receive a lot of mail) > The machine is running FreeBSD 2.1.0R, sendmail and INN. The > client who wants the UUCP machine will have his clients dialup over > 28.8k modems. He doesn't know whether they will be dialing straight > into a UUCP login, or connecting via PPP. He also doesn't know what > software will be running on the remote side. He just wants "UUCP to > work". Compressed UUCP over TCP? Is the UUCP that comes with > FreeBSD good enough to do this? > > Any tips or pointers to documentation or sample configuration > files will be greatly appreciated. Thanks. > -- > Brian Tao (BT300, taob@io.org) > Systems and Network Administrator, Internex Online Inc. > "Though this be madness, yet there is method in't" -- Didier Derny | Microsoft Free Computer. | AM586-160 ASUS PVI 486SP3 didier@aida.org | Private FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE site. | aha2940 / 1Gb HAWK
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