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From: bill@twwells.uucp (T. William Wells)
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Subject: Re: I need an archive server program for UN*X
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Date: 27 May 89 06:12:22 GMT
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In article <231@mgse.UUCP> marks@mgse.UUCP (Mark Seiffert) writes:
: I am also looking for archive server software.
: i have sent mail to postmaster@uunet, but now one is home. I looked at the
: twwells db.serv.shar, but was not that impressed (sorry). Is there anyone
: out there that has mail server that would work with Xenix?

No apologies necessary. It isn't supposed to be impressive, just
servicable. I needed some kind of a server, quickly. I wrote it as a
hack but it is serving me admirably. Its main feature is that it is
all shell scripts: it relies on existing tools and is easily
modifiable. The latter was especially important when I started, since
I didn't quite know what I wanted from a server.

Several thoughts apply here:

	1) Why re-invent the wheel?
	2) If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
	3) Everything should be as simple as possible but no simpler.

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Rich Salz sent me some server code which one of these days I'll
substitute for my own. After all, the code I have does have some
deficiencies. But in the mean time, my turtle powered, absymally
silly shell scripts will do me fine.

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Bill
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