Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!digibd!rhealey From: rhealey@digibd.com (Rob Healey) Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: BITFTP grief! Message-ID: <1991May26.184619.19688@digibd.com> Date: 26 May 91 18:46:19 GMT References: <1991May21.144815.8788@lsuc.on.ca> Organization: DigiBoard Incorporated, Eden Prairie, MN Lines: 35 In article mathew@mantis.co.uk (CNEWS MUST DIE!) writes: >Well, I think I qualify as an admin, and I think that sites should be able to >request files by mail so long as the intervening sites do not complain about >the traffic. > OK, how's 'bout the obvious answer: 1) Multi-hop UUCP. I believe uusend was the name of the critter. This would allow sites to UUCP files and none of this e-mail used as a file transport crap. If intermediate sites couldn't/wouldn't support the feature then their UUCP automatically sends info back and you could try an alternate path. e-mail is for notes and memos, you don't chop up mag tapes into x meter long chunck and bulk mail the mess in white envelopes! Use the RIGHT tool for the job: UUCP itself and not e-mail. Using uusend, or whatever it's called, would also allow for easy administration: if you don't want the traffic, remove the command. Maybe this util could be distributed with all new copys of news?? Just a technical thought, -Rob -- Rob Healey rhealey@digibd.com Digi International (DigiBoard) Eden Prairie, MN (612) 943-9020