Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!ukma!david
From: david@ms.uky.edu (David Herron -- One of the vertebrae)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: UUCP Over TCP/IP (why?)
Message-ID: <9996@e.ms.uky.edu>
Date: 17 Jul 88 21:19:26 GMT
References: <908@dsacg3.UUCP> <387@comdesign.UUCP> <4624@b-tech.UUCP>
Reply-To: david@ms.uky.edu (David Herron -- One of the vertebrae)
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In article <4624@b-tech.UUCP> zeeff@b-tech.UUCP (Jon Zeeff) writes:
>In article <387@comdesign.UUCP> pst@comdesign.uucp (Paul Traina) writes:
>>Pardon my ignorance,  but I'm confused about running uucp over TCP links.
>>
>>My only guess would be for folks running TCP terminal servers hooked into
>>dial-in/dial-out modems .. the remote site dials into the modem, goes via
>>tcp to the host, and runs uucp as if the modem was direct-connected to
>>the host.

um, it's also great for avoiding phone bills to call rutgers :-)

>Given that I have modems and uucp and no tcp/ip connections (or 
>software), I want to send mail to a host that has tcp/ip connections 
>but no modems or serial ports.  There is a annex terminal server that 
>can provide a modem/rlogin link.  This seems like a common need for sites
>with many machines networked together and only a few modems.

You could ...

1. cook up a different protocol.  Take the g protocol and have it not
   generate the "evil" characters and have a mapping scheme to allow all
   the characters to go through.

2. Find a host that's has both UUCP capabilities and TCP/IP connections to
   the host you want to send mail to.  Use this host as a gateway.
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