Xref: utzoo comp.mail.uucp:5472 comp.dcom.modems:7354 Path: utzoo!censor!geac!becker!hybrid!scifi!bywater!uunet!mtndew!friedl From: friedl@mtndew.Tustin.CA.US (Stephen Friedl) Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp,comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: What should a new UUCP protocol do? Message-ID: <565@mtndew.Tustin.CA.US> Date: 8 Nov 90 15:32:25 GMT References: <1990Nov07.155516.17815@ism.isc.com> <1990Nov8.033541.1039@grumpy.boston.ma.us> Followup-To: comp.mail.uucp Distribution: usa Organization: VSI*FAX Tech Ctr, Tustin, CA Lines: 16 John Antypas from Interactive askes what we are looking for in a new+better UUCP protocol, then John Adams responds: > > We want a protocol which is supported by all callable uucp sites. > Do you intend to distribute patches for all existing UUCP binaries? > A new protocol may have merit but only if it's widely distributed. Get uunet to run it and it will become popular Real Fast. Stephen -- Stephen J. Friedl, KA8CMY / I speak for me only / Tustin, CA / 3B2-kind-of-guy +1 714 544 6561 / friedl@mtndew.Tustin.CA.US / {uunet,attmail}!mtndew!friedl Only 6% of North Carolina blacks didn't vote racist