Date: Sat, 9 May 1998 10:10:07 +0200 From: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Any one still use UUCP? Message-ID: <19980509101007.A13321@keltia.freenix.fr> In-Reply-To: <199805082155.RAA00455@stratos.net>; from drifter@stratos.net on Fri, May 08, 1998 at 05:55:15PM -0400 References: <199805082155.RAA00455@stratos.net>
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According to drifter@stratos.net: > 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 use UUCP all the time in France. I'm even managing a small ISP that has a UUCP-only mail & News service. UUCP is essential in some countries where phone calls are expensive and they are in France (2.5 US$ / h -- peak time). It is also much more efficient than NNTP for News, you can get batches of 'em and so on. The machine connects itself automatically and get its batches during the night and that would be more complicated if going through PPP. When I'm connected, I use UUCP/TCP. Another advantage compared to regular PPP ISP is that you can manage your own users/domains automatically without having to get multiple POP/IMAP folders, you can act as a mail router for others and so on. UUCP is dying but still alive and kicking :-) -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 3.0-CURRENT #8: Tue Apr 21 02:45:53 CEST 1998 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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