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From: odell@buitc.bu.edu (Jim O'Dell)
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Subject: Re: Mac/gnuucp 4.3?
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Date: 3 Jun 91 14:38:16 GMT
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In article <1991May30.162639.4986@world.std.com> david@world.std.com (david c spiegelman) writes:
>Does anyone know where I can get a copy of Mac/gnuucp v4.3?  I have ftp
>capabilities.
>
>I also have these specific questions:
>
>    - Is Mac/gnuucp 4.3 better that uupc2.1?
>    - Does it handle news in addition to mail?
>    - Is it any good?
>
>No responses please from ICE.  I am very aware of your program.  Be nice, and
>give someone else a try.

I ported GNUUCP to the mac somtime last year and called it Mac/gnuucp.
I will try to answer your questions.

1) Mac/gnuucp has many users and has connected to many
   different brands of UUCP. In that respect it may be
   better than UUPC2.1. In that it doesn't have a 3 window
   g protocol implementation it is worse that UUPC. I believe that
   Mac/gnuucp configuration is easier. Havinf Icons that you can
   double click to call a particular host is nice. The main reason that
   I didn't use UUPC was becasue of the restrictive copyrights on the
   source code. Mac/gnuucp source is available and freely redistributable
   under the terms of the GNU Public license.

2) Mac/gnuucp does not handle news, although it would not be hard to do
   so. Personally, I question the utility od downloading 3 or 4 MB of
   news everyday.

3) You can get it from sumex-aim or several other public systems. Or
   you can send me a check for $30 and I'll send you a disk. There
   is alos a Mac/gnuucp mailing list where users can ask questions
   and get info anbout new releases.

For more information mail to me direclty,

Jim O'Dell
jim@fpr.com