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Subject: Re:UUCP
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Date: 27 May 89 19:30:46 GMT
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From: stag!thelake!steve@bungia.mn.org (Steve Yelvington)

 MCCABE@MTUS5.BITNET writes ...
> 
> Does anyone have any direct experience with any UUCP programs for the
> ST?  I'd like to hear comments from people who actually have tried to
> use UUPC, UUCICO, or any other UUCP clones?  I've got some specific
> questions:
> 

I have direct experience with UUMAIL and the UUCALL program that is
distributed with STadel BBS. Other programs that I know of, but have not
used, include Beckemeyer's UUCP (for owners of his multitasking package)
and the freeware program UUPC. John Logajan (logajan@logajan.mn.org) has
written MAILTRUK in compilable GFA BASIC.

>      a)  how reliable are they?

I have found both UUMAIL and UUCALL to be quite reliable, with rare
and minor error-handling problems.

>      b)  how flexible are they in terms of where files are placed in
>          the filesystem

UUMAIL requires that you designate a spool directory with child
directories for each system you net with. The spool directory can be
anywhere.

UUCALL uses the STadel net directory, which can be anywhere.

>      c)  how much space do they require? (RAM, disk)

UUCP isn't a monster. Either program will run on a 512K system with the
equivalent of a double-sided floppy. If you get a lot of mail, of course,
you'll need disk space for it.

>      d)  how good are the manuals, and how hard is it to get a working
>          system configured?

What's a manual? :-)

I got UUMAIL up and running in about 20 minutes of cutting and pasting
configuration files. STadel's UUCALL took a bit longer; I was confused by
some outdated documentation.

> 
> Thanks!  Any comments will be appreciated...
> 
>                                                 Jim McCabe
>                                                 MCCABE @ MTUS5.BITNET

Other stuff:

UUMAIL uses your favorite editor and file pager. It can support incoming
calls as well as call out. It handles two forms of address-lookup tables.
It does not handle Usenet batched news, but has a pseudonews function for
remailing to a list of systems. STdNET has several UUMAIL nodes hooked
into stag, receiving this newsgroup broken up into regular mail files. It
was written by Dale Schumacher, who has moved on to the mysterious planet
of Minix. I think John Stanley may be working on enhancements now. 

UUCALL wants to be used in conjunction with STadel BBS, which is an
excellent BBS, but not as convenient as your favorite text editor. It does
not support incoming UUCP calls. Batched (not compressed) news is
supported, but you can't post news. E-mail can be routed transparently
between UUCP and the STadel BBS network, which uses a different protocol.
UUCALL will handle any Internet-format messages, and Jim Kershner has
written a utility to import/ export Fidonet echomail in conjunction with
UUCALL and Binkley Term. David (orc) Parsons is the author of STadel and
UUCALL (shareware).

I currently use UUMAIL for my UUCP stuff but maintain STadel as a
personal "point" system so that I can receive the Citadel network's C and
Atari ST discussions.



#define steve@thelake.UUCP   shamash!bungia!stag!thelake!steve
#define steve@thelake.CTDL   the_land!class68!thelake!steve