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From: adam@npois.UUCP (Adam V. Reed)
Newsgroups: net.micro.att
Subject: Re: mailing to other systems with the 7300
Message-ID: <386@npois.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 26-Jul-85 19:51:30 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 26 19:51:30 1985
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I have used all aspects of UUCP among three 7300's and several Vaxen
with zero problems. Even executable binary files can be transfered
(without uuencode etc) to a Vax and back, with absolutely no change.
UUCP works fine on the phone line at 1200 and on the RS232 line at 9600
bps. The uucp administration is done through menus; it is a breeze, and
requires no computer literacy to speak of.

About the six-character limit on machine names: there is a lot of
software out in the world which is limited to six-character names, so
anyone who wishes to communicate with the whole UNIX (TM) world DOES NOT
USE LONGER NAMES. A menu-based administration interface REQUIRES a
length limit (think about it), and it makes sense for this limit to be
backward-compatible with existing software. Giving your machine a name
longer than the DOCUMENTED standard length is asking for what you get.

Disclaimer: My opinions are solely my own (my company probably wouldn't
claim them anyway).
				Adam Reed (npois!adam)