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RXN Communications offers UUCP connectivity and
site.rxn.com domain hosting in the form of RXN UUCP
Service The following are answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
about UUCP services. Please direct any additional questions you may have
to
support@rxn.com
.
RXN UUCP FAQ - Q uestion and A nswer Table of Contents:
| Q | 1. What is UUCP? |
| A | "First designed in 1976 as part of a research project at AT&T Bell Laboratories, UUCP -- which stands for Unix-to-Unix CoPy -- gave UNIX systems the ability to transfer files and execute programs remotely via a telephone line or serial connection. Although 20 years have passed since the first version of UUCP appeared, it is still very much in use, doing the same basic things." --from Ed Ravin et al, " Using & Managing UUCP ", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. , 1996. |
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| Q | 2. Why would I use UUCP today? |
| A | UUCP allows systems that do not have a permanent connection to the Internet (such as dialup computer bulletin boards and small company offices) to send and receive internet email and usenet news, for multiple users, in a store and forward manner, over existing dialup phone lines. The host site and the UUCP site communicate on a predetermined schedule, leaving the UUCP site phone line free for other use (voice, FAX, or BBS) between transfers. |
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| Q | 3. Where does UUCP fit in with other forms of mail transport? |
| A |
The following is a crude comparison of mail transport mechanisms
typically used over conventional analog telephone lines:
SLIP and PPP TCP / IP links offer the flexibility of accessing Internet services in addition to POP3 and SMTP , but UUCP is unique in offering multi-user mail transport on a non-dedicated analog telephone line. This makes UUCP a useful option for sites without a dedicated telephone line (small offices) or sites with additional needs for their telephone line (electronic bulletin board systems). Additional information can be found in John Wobus' Email Protocol FAQ in both hypertext or plain text .Service User Network Network Transport Application Type Type Interface Protocol Protocol Service ========= ====== ========== ========= ========== ============ On-demand Single SLIP IP TCP POP3 On-demand Single PPP IP TCP POP3 On-demand Multi UUCICO UUCICO UUX/RMAIL UUCP Dedicated Multi SLIP IP TCP SMTP Dedicated Multi PPP IP TCP SMTP |
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| Q | 4. How can I learn more about UUCP? |
| A |
A number of online resources provide good background reading for the UUCP
student:
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| Q | 5. How can I run UUCP under DOS? |
| A |
UUCP implementations vary from operating system to operating system.
Non-UNIX operating systems typically require additional software to
provide full UUCP connectivity.
Those interested in gating internet email and usenet news to FTN netmail and FTN echomail , respectively, may wish to consider Jason Fesler's GIGO gateway software. Fredgate is another option, although not for the faint of heart...
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| Q | 6. How can I run UUCP under OS/2? |
| A |
UUCP implementations vary from operating system to operating system.
Non-UNIX operating systems typically require additional software to
provide full UUCP connectivity.
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| Q | 7. How can I run UUCP under UNIX? |
| A |
UUCP implementations vary from operating system to operating system.
Most UNIX variants include some level of UUCP implementation.
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| Q | 8. How can I run UUCP on my Mac? |
| A |
UUCP implementations vary from operating system to operating system.
Non-UNIX operating systems typically require additional software to
provide full UUCP connectivity.
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| Q | 9. What UUCP services does RXN offer? |
| A |
RXN Communications
offers a unique RXN UUCP Service.
RXN UUCP Service provides you with a conventional UUCP connection for internet email and usenet newsgroups. This service is of interest to administrators of UUCP-capable multi-user systems without a direct connection to the Internet (such as dialup computer bulletin boards and small company offices) who would like to make internet email and usenet newsgroups available to their users. This service includes:
Due to significantly reduced demand, RXN no longer offers Gated RXN UUCP Service. This service provided internet email and usenet newsgroups translated, or gated , into Fidonet Technology Network (FTN) netmail and echomail . This service was of interest to dialup computer bulletin board system operators running FTN software who were interested in bringing internet email and usenet newsgroups to their BBS without the need for additional gating software. If you have an interest in this type of service, please contact support@rxn.com. We will be happy to help you setup gating software at your site, and then configure you for the full RXN UUCP Service. $Id: 9,v 1.2 2004/03/28 05:06:28 rjd Exp $ |
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| Q | 10. What is the DNS MX service? |
| A |
The Domain Name Service (DNS) Mail Exchanger (MX) records are used to
point to a mail storage site (MX-receiver) for a site that does not
typically have a permanent connection to the internet, like an UUCP site.
RXN provides this service to each of our RXN UUCP Service
customers.
For more information about MX-receivers, please see Burt Juda's An Explanation of MX-receivers . |
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| Q | 11. What UUCP service performance measures exist? |
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RXN provides the following UUCP service performance measures for RXN
UUCP Service accounts...
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| Q | 12. What usenet newsgroups are available to RXN UUCP Service sites? |
| A | RXN runs a secondary news server, uucp.rxn.com, in addition to its primary news server, news.rxn.com, specifically for batching news to UUCP sites. Please visit our Usenet FAQ for more information about Usenet services available via RXN UUCP. |
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| Q | 13. What fees are associated with the RXN UUCP Service? |
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See our
services list
for the current fee schedule. Send email to
support@rxn.com
if you have any questions about the fee schedule or this service.
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| Q | 14. How do I setup a RXN UUCP Service? |
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Our UUCP smart host runs a BSD-nix flavor of UUCP that has satisfactorily
batched email and news to customers running UUCP under BSD, UUCP under
Linux, GIGO under OS/2, GIGO under DOS, Fredgate under DOS, and ViaUUCP
under DOS. We will be happy to work with you to turn up UUCP service on
your platform.
Send email to support@rxn.com to setup an RXN UUCP account. $Id: 14,v 1.2 2004/03/28 05:09:02 rjd Exp $ |
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DISCLAIMER: This FAQ is provided as is without any expressed or implied warranties. While every effort has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the information contained in this FAQ, the maintainer assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from the use, or misuse, of the information contained herein.
DOS: Tom Dell's Waffle BBS shareware includes a Usenet news
and UUCP mail system that runs under DOS. Jorge Cwik's shareware uucico
implementation runs under DOS and works well with Waffle.
OS/2: An OS/2 version of Jason Fesler's
UNIX: Most UNIX variants include some level of UUCP
implementation: either BNU UUCP (HoneyDanBer), BSD/OS UUCP (BSD 4.3
Version 2), or Taylor UUCP. If your variant does not have a UUCP
implementation, you may wish to consider obtaining the Taylor UUCP sources
from any FTP site that mirrors the GNU archives.
MAC: UUPC is a freeware implementation of UUCP for the
MacIntosh. Some distributions can be found at the Mac software archive
site at
