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From: jsm@laird.UUCP (Jeffrey McArthur)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: UULINK
Message-ID: <14.UUL1.1#125@laird.UUCP>
Date: 28 Feb 88 21:48:13 GMT
Organization: Laird Telemedia Inc.
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>Date: Mon, 15 Feb 88 10:25:59 PST
>From: vortex!lauren@rand-unix.ARPA (Lauren Weinstein)
>Subject: UUCP/Internet mail for DOS (UULINK)
>
>In response to a number of recent queries in this forum, a number of
>persons have suggested that we post some brief information about our
>UULINK product for IBM PC/XT/AT's and compatibles running MS-DOS/PC-DOS.
>UULINK provides for comprehensive UUCP ascii and binary file transfers,
>including full-speed multiple packet, full duplex operations.  It both
>sends and receives UUCP-style ("!") and Internet-style ("@") mail (single
>hop, multiple hop, and pass-through) and includes the ability to send and
>receive Usenet "netnews" articles.  It includes aliases, distribution
>(mailing) lists, a "cron" mechanism for scheduling executions at various
>dates/times, and can operate fully unattended for both outgoing and
>incoming calls, etc.  The UULINK mail sending and reading programs include
>facilities for sorting messages into different folders, replies, mail
>forwarding, and a wide variety of other mail handling features.
>
>If anyone interested in more details would send us their U.S. mail address
>or give us a call, we'll be happy to send them more detailed information.
>Thanks much.
>
>--Lauren--
>{clyde, decvax, sun, ihnp4, ...}!vortex!lauren
>Vortex Technology -- (213) 390-3920
>
>--Disclaimer:  Of course I'm biased.  I WROTE UULINK!
>

I have been using UULINK from almost the very first.  It works.  However,
there are some REAL PROBLEMS WITH IT!!!!!

First off, I have NEVER received ANY documentation.  Lauren kept saying,
"some other people are writing it and they are just slow".  I finally
gave up asking for documentation after a year of asking.

So until the documentation gets done you are stuck with making long
distance calls to Lauren and asking him how to configure your system.

Now as for newsgroups.  The support for them is there, just bairly.  You
get them as one huge unsorted file.  If you complain, he might send you
one of the programs that were posted to unbatch them for you.  I just
wrote my own.  Also UULINK does not support any form of compressed mail.
I have tried and it appears that UULINK corrupts the files by playing with
carriage-returns and linefeeds.  So if ALL you want is mail, then it is
ok, but if you want newsgroups it is not very good.

When I first got UULINK I bitterly complained about the lack of news
support.  Lauren seemed to feal, "why do you want to get news?  Mail
is all anyone needs."

Also Lauren forgot to mention the price:  $335.  Quite high for a package
with ONE floppy and no documentation.

IF Lauren ever gets the documentation done, cuts the price in half,
and adds news support, then and only then would I recommend buying it.
Other wise, try out one of the PD uucp clones.  It may not work; but
at least you get more documentation and the sources (1 line of documentation
is better than NONE!).

Lauren, since you wrote UULINK, why the hell don't YOU DOCUMENT IT?


Jeffrey McArthur,     Laird Telemedia Inc.
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