From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Apr 23 00:51:17 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA14264 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 23 Apr 1997 00:51:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sax.sax.de (sax.sax.de [193.175.26.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id AAA14257 for ; Wed, 23 Apr 1997 00:51:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by sax.sax.de (8.6.12/8.6.12-s1) with UUCP id JAA23946 for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Wed, 23 Apr 1997 09:51:12 +0200 Received: (from j@localhost) by uriah.heep.sax.de (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA02208; Wed, 23 Apr 1997 09:47:31 +0200 (MET DST) Message-ID: <19970423094731.BV30311@uriah.heep.sax.de> Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 09:47:31 +0200 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: uucico over ppp connection References: <199704222014.WAA00974@yedi.iaf.nl> <199704230230.VAA02683@main.gbdata.com> X-Mailer: Mutt 0.60_p2-3,5,8-9 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Phone: +49-351-2012 669 X-PGP-Fingerprint: DC 47 E6 E4 FF A6 E9 8F 93 21 E0 7D F9 12 D6 4E Reply-To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) In-Reply-To: <199704230230.VAA02683@main.gbdata.com>; from Gary Clark II on Apr 22, 1997 21:30:44 -0500 Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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. -- 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. ;-)