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From: bob@basser.SUN (Bob Kummerfeld)
Newsgroups: net.news,net.mail
Subject: Re: suggestion for rmail
Message-ID: <271@basser.SUN>
Date: Fri, 20-Apr-84 15:37:50 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr 20 15:37:50 1984
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Organization: Dept of C.S., University of Sydney
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Yes. The Sydney Unix Network software can work with dialup lines.
In fact it works with anything that can create a connection,
give you a virtual circuit (but not necessarily a full 8 bit path)
and close the connection at the end. The network is operating over
fixed wires, leased lines, a semi-public packet switched network
and  Ethernet. As soon as we get our interface board we will have
it running on a public X25 network.

The system looks after the routing function, the user only
specifies username and host as the address. We are currently
adding domain handling.

As well as electronic mail it also does file transfer from any
machine to any other - multiple hops are no problem. The file and
mail systems are just users of the basic network message transfer
service. We have experimented with database enquiry services and
plan to build a distributed directory service using the basic
network. Higher level services are very easy to add.

There are now over 85 systems around Australia with a new one
appearing every week or so.

UUCP is not the only way!

Bob