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Subject: Any one still use UUCP?
Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 17:55:15 -0400
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( I'm not sure this belongs in -questions, so I thought -chat would be
  appropriate. If not, I apologize.                                   )

	Just out of curiosity, I know that FreeBSD (and UNIX) have a
series of "UUCP" commands that transfer files and even run programs
remotely over phone lines _not_ using the internet.
	I got kind of curious about UUCP and am doing some light reading of
old AT&T documents about it.  I got the impression that UUCP was really the
only way to go in the dark ages before the Internet was as wide-spread
as it is today.  I probably got the wrong impression, but I am wondering
if UUCP is an old hold-over from earlier times whose days are numbered
or if it is still in wide use today -- and if so, why?
	I'm not so sure I want to splurge for ORA UUCP right now, since
I don't think I'd be doing a lot with it any way. (I don't think there
are "public" UUCP cites to experiment with :) )
	So, is UUCP a dying art?  Is it that some places just don't have
access to the Internet or an Ethernet, but they can arrange for UUCP?
Or is there some advantage to UUCP that I am not aware about?

	Just curious...

	-Drifter

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