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From: jacob@gore.com (Jacob Gore)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Re: Networks considered harmful/Re: USENIX board studies UUCP
Message-ID: <670005@gore.com>
Date: 28 Dec 89 18:24:03 GMT
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Reply-To: jacob@gore.com (Jacob Gore)
Organization: Gore Enterprises
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In article <670004@gore.com> jacob@gore.com (Jacob Gore) writes:
> Just run uucico (or its equivalent) on the modem's port, instead of running
> a getty->login->uucico.

/ comp.protocols.tcp-ip / peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) / Dec 27, 1989 /
> This is a problem for pre-SysV systems, which don't have an inittab so you
> can't have uucico run from init.

You don't need init.  Let uucico run as a daemon, started from /etc/rc.
Well, you may need an equivalent of a getty unless you standardize on a
specific speed/parity/stop bits/etc. combination.

> Also, this requires that you dedicate a
> phone line to this function. I don't know about you, but I'd rather not
> do that.

I wouldn't either, but I thouht we were talking about turnkey
point-to-point email, based on your generic Piece of Crap clones.  Dialing
out of from the computer could push aside the uucico on the port.  All
you'd lose by dedicating the port to uucico is being able to handle
incoming calls that have nothing to do with email.  If it's a PC, your
average user won't be dialing into it...

And if the call is received by a 

> > [where do you get GNUUUCP]
> Check your comp.sources.amiga archives.

Thanks.

Jacob
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