From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Apr 22 07:46:26 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id HAA09331 for isp-outgoing; Mon, 22 Apr 1996 07:46:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from isgate.is (isgate.is [193.4.58.51]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id HAA09322 Mon, 22 Apr 1996 07:46:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hummer.islandia.is by isgate.is (8.7.5-M/ISnet/14-10-91); Mon, 22 Apr 1996 14:46:10 GMT Received: from hummer.islandia.is by hummer.islandia.is (8.6.11/ISnet/12-09-94); Mon, 22 Apr 1996 14:31:18 GMT Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 14:31:18 +0000 (GMT) From: "Gestur A. Grjetarsson" To: Brian Tao cc: FREEBSD-ISP-L , FREEBSD-QUESTIONS-L Subject: Re: Need tips and tricks for UUCP mail and news In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Checkout the Cyclom cards: http://www.cyclades.com they have fine cards, well supported by FreeBSD and very copetitive prices comparing to the other fine Brands. On Sun, 21 Apr 1996, Brian Tao wrote: > Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 23:21:37 -0400 (EDT) > From: Brian Tao > To: FREEBSD-ISP-L , > FREEBSD-QUESTIONS-L > Subject: Need tips and tricks for UUCP mail and news > > 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. > > 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" > > Med kvedju Sincerely -------------------------------------------------- Gestur A. Grjetarsson gestur@islandia.is kerfisstjori islandia.is sysadmin islandia.is http://www.islandia.is/~gestur http://www.islandia.is/misc/skvopn There are only three kind of people in the world ! Those who know how to count, and those who don't !