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From: jc@cdx39.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: Mail/file transfer UNIX--VMS
Message-ID: <620@cdx39.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 28-Jan-87 10:30:04 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan 28 10:30:04 1987
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Organization: Codex Corp, a division of Motorola; Canton, MA, USA
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>                            ....  To transfer mail from Unix to
> VMS via Kermit, the mail deliverer would ask Kermit to transfer
> the message (with envelope) into a well-known mail spooling directory
> on the other side, from which a daemon would periodically retrieve
> messages and deliver them into the local mail system.  This seems
> rather clumsy.

This is exactly what uucp mail does.  I guess that means 
that uucp mail is clumsy.  C'mon, would anyone make such 
a vile accusation? (:-)

Somehow, I suspect that most mailers work this way, except
for those on non-multiprogramming systems like MS/DOS or
the Macintosh.  On multiprogramming systems, it's the easy 
way to do the job.

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