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From: bill@unixland.uucp (Bill Heiser)
Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent
Subject: Re: Coherent UUCP <---> Xenix UUCP ?
Message-ID: <1991Apr10.222453.12172@unixland.uucp>
Date: 10 Apr 91 22:24:53 GMT
References: <1991Apr6.133259.23350@contact.uucp> <1991Apr7.191749.16251@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>
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In article <1991Apr7.191749.16251@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> dtinker@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (David Tinker) writes:
>rrwood@contact.uucp (roy wood) writes:

>> Is the Coherent UUCP package compatible with standard UUCP?  Or is it some
>> mutant variation that only works with Coherent systems?
> 
>As far as I know, Coherent UUCP is completely standard.

This depends on what you call "completely standard" ... It isn't the HDB
UUCP that many systems are using these days.  One limitation (Fatal in
some instances (such as mine where I wanted to use coherent to test uucp
into my Esix box), is Coherent's limitation of host names to 7 characters.
>
> 

>tions are included with Coherent 3.10r.  Anyway, "rn" is not needed for smail,
>it's part of the Cnews package which you *don't* want, trust me!
>

Since when is 'rn' part of the 'cnews' package?




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