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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!lucy.cc.swin.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.caldera.com!enews.sgi.com!ix.netcom.com!sol.net!newsfeeds.sol.net!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!ais.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!news.uunet.ca!gts!not-for-mail From: bdb@GTS.Net (Bruce Becker) Subject: Re: uucp on tcp/ip Message-ID: <ED6AwK.An1.0.hotlips@GTS.Net> Sender: bdb@GTS.Net (Bruce Becker) Organization: G.T.S., Toronto, Ontario X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test58 (13 May 97) References: <merik-2406971544070001@gebruikersdag-36.knoware.nl> <C0287CF4F80B2498.237F2F3EC8C6F76C.4227FB80EF9FDEB5@library-proxy.airnews.net> <ED0yCB.w2@fz.frmug.org> Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 21:12:20 GMT Lines: 39 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.misc:175 comp.unix.bsd.misc:3683 In article <ED0yCB.w2@fz.frmug.org>, Alexandre Golovanivsky <ag@fz.frmug.org> wrote: |Roger Keith Barrett (barrett@freedomnet.com) wrote: | |> Pardon my ignorance, but if two nodes are directly connected via |> TCP/IP (I would assume either serial cable or Ethernet or something), |> why do you need UUCP? I'm still learning here. :) | |IMHO, using UUCP over TCP/IP still makes sense in some cases. |If you need to frequently transfer files between two machines |and execute commands on them remotely, you might save some |time setting up UUCP instead of FTP'ing the files and then |telneting to the remote host to execute stuff. | |Just one of the many cases... | |Also, most modern UUCP packages have nifty features, |like queueing commands, transfers, and all that things. UUCP over TCP is a good way to move Usenet news due to the efficiency of the protocol and the ability to use compression on the batches. Since it is built as a store-and-forward medium, ppp dialup users fortunate enough to have an ISP which provides uucp service can have more reliable email exchange. etc. -- ,u, Bruce Becker Toronto, Ontario 1 416 699 1868 a /i/ Internet: bdb@gts.org Uucp: ...!gts!bdb `\o\-e "Steal This Urine Test" _< /_ - Ollie North, as told to Mae Brussell