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From: asp@puck.UUCP (Andy Puchrik)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: Multiple ph# for uucp
Message-ID: <392@puck.UUCP>
Date: 25 Mar 88 13:05:20 GMT
References: <304@csed-37.csed-1.UUCP>
Organization: Moonlight Systems, Maynard, MA
Lines: 16
Summary: add 2nd entry

In article <304@csed-37.csed-1.UUCP>, mohar@csed-1.UUCP (Mike Mohar) writes:
> 
> Does anybody know how to tell UUCP that there are multiple phone
> numbers for a site it's trying to call.  The site I poll has 3 numbers
> and quite often they're busy and uucp quits when I'd like it to try
> the other phone numbers.


I'm running System V (Microport V/AT).  Just add a second entry in your
L.sys file.  When the first number fails, the second entry will be used.
I have one site with five numbers.  The system steps thru all five trying
to get a connection.
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Internet: asp@puck.UUCP				Andy Puchrik
uucp: decvax!necntc!necis!puck!asp		Moonlight Systems
ARPA: puchrik@tops20.dec.com			Maynard, MA 01754