Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: Networks considered harmful Message-ID: <7421@ficc.uu.net> Date: 27 Dec 89 03:47:00 GMT References: <8912210003.AA02652@bel.isi.edu> <117@van-bc.UUCP> Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 17 In article <117@van-bc.UUCP> sl@van-bc.UUCP (Stuart Lynne) writes: > Path: yoursite!somesite!backbone!van-bc!1-604-555-1212!slpc > From: stuart@1-604-555-1212 > faxexecute 555-2222!rnews newsarticle > The "advantage" being that the fax subsystem doesn't require a Systems file This "advantage" of FAX doesn't require FAX. In fact it would be MUCH easier to just modify UUCP to support it than to invent Yet Another Point To Point File Passing Protocol... and one that needs a new (and at this date expensive) piece of hardware for most existing sites. -- `-_-' Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. . 'U` Also or . "It was just dumb luck that Unix managed to break through the Stupidity Barrier and become popular in spite of its inherent elegance." -- gavin@krypton.sgi.com