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From: csg@pyramid.pyramid.com (Carl S. Gutekunst)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: Question about UUCP startup
Message-ID: <77545@pyramid.pyramid.com>
Date: 17 Jul 89 03:35:51 GMT
References: <256@escargot.UUCP>
Reply-To: csg@pyramid.pyramid.com (Carl S. Gutekunst)
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Organization: Pyramid Technology Corp., Mountain View, CA
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In article <256@escargot.UUCP> chrisb@escargot.UUCP (Chris Bradley) writes:
>I'm writing a BBS that will incorporate UUCP, Fidonet, and its own protocol,
>which will use xmodem, ymodem, and/or zmodem. I would like to use the
>existing UUCP startup rather than having to write my own startup for the x,
>y, and zmodem protocols. What I'd like to do is add in "x", "y", and "z",
>respectively, for X, Y, and Zmodem. Do X, Y, and Z already exist?

'x' (note the lower case) is already taken, for AT&T's X.25. Someone is almost
certainly going to add the Zmodem protocol to uucico, which will use 'z'. But
no one is claiming upper case 'X', 'Y', and 'Z' at this point.

I don't think it would be that difficult to use a higher-level mechanism for
protocol selection, though -- something that uses all printable ASCII plus the
carriage return, like a signon procedure. Just a thought.

>I have tried unsuccesfully to get ahold of Peter Honeyman, however it seems
>as though my messages are getting lost in transit.

The present "world authorities" on UUCP would be Peter or Rick Adams, plus a
gaggle of peripheral hangers-on like Guy Harris, Henry Spencer, and myself.
Someone at AT&T has also been hacking on BNU a lot, but has so far had the
good sense not to identify themselves. All of us are pretty busy, so if we
don't reply to your mail, it's probably because we're ignoring you. :-) 

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