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From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: Domain Registration (was Re: Imminent death of UUCP Zone predicted)
Message-ID: <B2=4HM6@ggpc2.ferranti.com>
Date: 4 Aug 90 19:44:35 GMT
References: <961@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca> <1990Jul26.025310.4158@chinet.chi.il.us> <2118@cirrusl.UUCP> <1193@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca>
Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
Lines: 34

In article <1193@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca> sl@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca (Stuart Lynne) writes:
> In article <2118@cirrusl.UUCP> dhesi%cirrusl@oliveb.ATC.olivetti.com (Rahul Dhesi) writes:
> >In <1990Jul26.025310.4158@chinet.chi.il.us> les@chinet.chi.il.us
> >(Leslie Mikesell) writes:
> >     What we really need is a single machine that understands both
> >     [email and fax].  ...

> >I think that asking anybody who already has a computer and a modem to
> >invest more money in a new machine for email is not a good idea.  We
> >need a dial-up email standard that anybody who already has PC and modem
> >can use by simply loading some software.

> That would be nice but... One of the problems is that data modems are
> connected to many types of computers, each of which has different ideas on
> how they want you to initiate a connection.

So standardise on a string to send to indicate you want to exchange mail,
and an authorisation string (login and password). Call at higher baud rates,
and if that fails hang up and call back at a lower baud rate. It's a SMOP.

The simplest algorithm would be: send CR, wait until the other end stops
sending data, send "email<CR>", wait until the other end stops sending
data, send a password, and wait for a start packet.

> Also remember that there are more real fax machine's available as
> destinations for you email than pc's with data modems.

But none of them have the email support, so they will have to be replaced
anyway if you want anything more than the existing capability. I can already
send a FAX via Email, anywhere in the world... why should I spend $1000 on
extra hardware if it doesn't buy me anything?

And a terminal and 2400 baud modem is less than half the price of just your
smart FAX peripheral.
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