Re: UUCP (was Re: Distros (byte-ranging))

[Gary <gary-list-luci@mygirlfriday.info>]

On Sun, Nov 10, 2002 at 11:56:52AM -0600 or thereabouts, Steven Pritchard wrote:
> I recently saw a really good use of UUCP...  Somebody with a Unix box
> of some sort (SCO or Linux) in their stores, with stores scattered
 
> They told me that they testing using PPP and doing everything over
> TCP, but apparently the extra negotiation combined with the overhead
> of doing everything over TCP made even the shortest call over a
> minute.
> 
> So apparently UUCP is still fairly well suited for what it was
> designed for...

According to Wietse Venema, the author of Postfix, that is his favorite
protocol.


-- 
Best regards,
Gary


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