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From: bdb@GTS.Net (Bruce Becker)
Subject: Re: uucp on tcp/ip
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Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 21:12:20 GMT
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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.


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