Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!dali.cs.montana.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!zardoz.cpd.com!dhw68k!ofa123!rick From: rick@ofa123.fidonet.org (Rick Ellis) Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: uupc - uucp for MS-DOS Message-ID: <1825.27604305@ofa123.fidonet.org> Date: 8 Dec 90 01:12:36 GMT Organization: One For All Lines: 18 On rick/1024000 writes: r> BTW, uupc does a really strange r> thing. When waiting for inbound traffic, it turns off auto answer on r> the modem and waits for the modem to echo the word 'RING'. It's not strange, it's polite. Auto answer would pick up the line even if the program had crashed. Waiting for 'RING' and then telling the modem to pick up the call keeps long distance charges for useless calls down. -- Rick Ellis Internet: rick@ofa123.fidonet.org Compuserve: >internet:rick@ofa123.fidonet.org BBS: 714 939-1041 --------------------------------------------------------------------------