@RAND-UNIX.ARPA (02/18/84)
Sorry Jerry, but you lose. Most of the problems with UUCP aren't really with UUCP at all, but with other software (mail delivery software, for example) which in many cases didn't have the facilities for properly handling exception conditions. This is certainly getting better rapidly. In any case, 90%+ of the 1000's of Unix boxes being sold now have UUCP capability. This makes it pretty much a universal, for better or worse. I'm not interested at this time in trying to force through some- thing new -- I want to give people something that they can plug in and use, right now, to communicate with the most other people possible. This means UUCP. You might be interested to know that 99% of the businesses that want my UUCP are already involved in UUCP in one respect or another and are fully aware of both the positive and negative benefits. People don't want to be restricted to a subset of sites running some new software -- they want to communicate with the 1000's of sites that exist now. You might as well resign yourself to the fact that it's coming, 'cause it is! As an aside, I think I've worked out a reasonable solution to the domain handling for my related mail software, and that will hopefully help to keep things under control. --Lauren-- P.S. Keep in mind that I straddle both sides of the fence. I've been an ARPANET user for far longer than the vast majority of others on the net, and I also am heavily involved in Usenet activities. This allows me to see both sides of the issue, though I can't claim to have magic wands for every situation. --LW--