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From: rubin@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (Mike Rubin)
Newsgroups: net.bugs.uucp
Subject: ULTRIX uucp vs. 4.3bsd (and others)
Message-ID: <4938@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU>
Date: Fri, 9-May-86 12:01:00 EDT
Article-I.D.: topaz.4938
Posted: Fri May  9 12:01:00 1986
Date-Received: Sun, 11-May-86 00:29:52 EDT
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Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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Keywords: parity


It seems that ULTRIX uucp defaults to "send even parity and accept
ONLY EVEN PARITY".  This makes it unable to converse with various
other systems, including (it seems) 4.3bsd.  The fix: you must put
the magic cookie "P_ZERO" in your send-expect sequence, e.g.
	foovax Any ACU 1200 5551212 "" P_ZERO ....

--Mike Rubin	Timeplex, Inc.	{topaz, philabs!wu1}!timeplex!mrubin