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Subject: UUCP
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Date: Sat, 15-Oct-83 02:18:02 EDT
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Posted: Sat Oct 15 02:18:02 1983
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From GEOFF5@SRI-CSL  Sat Oct  8 23:17:52 1983
The tone of your message almost doesn't deserve an answer, since calling
the UUCP network "useless" shows that you indeed know not of what
you speak.  If you have questions to ask, you might try a neutral
tone!  In any case...

There are indeed ARPA gateways in Europe -- namely in England and
Norway, and interconnections to other European nets as well.  If your
"someone" has an authorized reason for using ARPANET, they (or you)
can contact a local liaison and probably arrange access without too
much trouble.

The UUCP network does indeed have many nodes scattered throughout various
countries in Europe, and also includes Australia.  Particular concentrations
occur in England, but there must be several dozen European sites
by now, overall.  If you care to specify where your friend is, I might
be able to suggest a local site that he can contact -- though I can't
suggest how they'll react to "outsiders" walking up and asking for
access.  Still, who knows?

As for UUCP, there are essentially two versions in existence.  The 
main version is part of Unix and requires a Unix license to run.
The other version was written by yours truly, and I'm currently porting
it to various non-Unix systems.  Native VMS, Coherent, and IBM-PC MSDOS
are in progress, others have been suggested and I'll probably start
them fairly soon if there appears to be enough demand.

--Lauren--