Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!mips!daver!cheers!greg From: greg@cheers.Bungi.COM (Greg Onufer) Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: How efficient/fast is uucp? Message-ID: Date: 24 Aug 90 21:27:07 GMT References: <8464@pitt.UUCP> <1556.26d282ea@dcs.simpact.com> Organization: Cheers Bar & Grill Lines: 15 jeh@dcs.simpact.com writes: > [....] >One of zmodem's features, the ability to restart an interrupted file transfer >from where it left off rather than having to start all over again, is really >nifty for the PC user who is downloading tens of megabytes from BBSs at 2400 >bps, but would be of limited use for most uucp traffic. At my site and the > [....] And, according to the S5R4 docs, there is a "Checkpointing" feature in S5R4 BNU that isn't dependent on the protocol used. If a file transfer dies in the middle, it can be restarted where it left off. The catch is that both systems have to be running S5R4 UUCP (of course). Cheers!greg