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From: zerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: Re: UUCP, Mail servers
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Date: 5 Feb 91 19:02:04 GMT
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In article <21249@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt0655b@prism.gatech.EDU (HAARBAUER) writes:
>Could someone tell me breifly what AmigaUUCP is and what it can do for me?

UUCP stands for "Unix to Unix copy".  It is a rusty, slow, old
procedure that Unix machines, many years ago, used to transfer files
back and forth.  For some reason, it is still widely used.  Now,
however, instead of simply copying files to another machine (which you
can still do), this system is used to transfer electronic mail and
Usenet messages.

There are a couple versions of UUCP for the Amiga.  There is at least
one version that you can get for free.  When you have UUCP installed
on your machine, it sits there on your machine (which should be left
turned on all the time) and waits for someone to call its modem.  If
you have an agreement with some other machine (probably a Unix machine
of some sort with good connections), you can send mail and Usenet news
between the two machines.  In other words, your machine can now get
mail and Usenet just like a major university machine.  Well, not JUST
like the university, but close enough.

The hard part is finding some system with good connections to give you
a feed.  If you can't find one, there is a system or two that you can
pay to give you a feed....  The other problem is that if you want a
complete feed of Usenet, you'll need a fast, expensive modem and lots
of disk space.  If you can convince your feed to send only the groups
you want, it works out better (this is one of the reasons for
splitting comp.sys.amiga into smaller groups).


           Dan Zerkle  zerkle@iris.eecs.ucdavis.edu  (916) 754-0240
           Amiga...  Because life is too short for boring computers.