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From: jonathan@cs.pitt.edu (Jonathan Eunice)
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Subject: How efficient/fast is uucp?
Keywords: uucp zmodem
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Date: 21 Aug 90 20:40:34 GMT
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How efficient is/are the protocol(s) used by uucp?  How do they compare
with zmodem?  For some reason (not based on anything resembling
knowledge), I have the impression that uucp uses crufty, old, slow
protocol(s).  Am I in left field?  

In a related matter, how difficult would it be to replace uucp's
protocol(s) with zmodem or a similar fast protocol?  Or with a slower
one (!), or a compressed one, or whatever?  Ie, is uucp bound to its
current protocol(s)?