davidg@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (David Guntner) (01/24/89)
I've got a question of my own regarding Amiga UUCP: How do you script things
so that you can use a service like PC-Pursuit to contact the host that you're
getting your News/mail from without dialing direct. I know that FIDO has such
a thing, and I seem to remember reading somewhere that "regular" Usenet sites
can and/or are doing so. So how do I do it with my Amiga?
--Dave
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"..Different ship, but she's got the right name. Treat --Admiral L. McCoy
her like a lady, and she'll always bring you home." "Encounter at Farpoint"sneakers@heimat.UUCP (Dan "Sneakers" Schein) (01/26/89)
In Message <6901@killer.DALLAS.TX.US>, davidg@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (David Guntner) writes: >I've got a question of my own regarding Amiga UUCP: How do you script things >so that you can use a service like PC-Pursuit to contact the host that you're >getting your News/mail from without dialing direct. I know that FIDO has such >a thing, and I seem to remember reading somewhere that "regular" Usenet sites >can and/or are doing so. So how do I do it with my Amiga? Currently the only method is to customize UUCICO.c as needed. There are plans to do a re-write of UUCICO in the future, im just not sure how soon though. You can of course still retain the stock UUCICO by simply naming your version as something else. Then change any script file(s) to call your new version. Sneakers -- Dan "Sneakers" Schein {pyramid|rutgers|uunet}!cbmvax!heimat!sneakers Sneakers Computing 2455 McKinley Ave. Of course heimat is an Amiga. West Lawn, PA 19609 Doesn't everyone run UUCP & UseNet on an Amiga? Call: BERKS AMIGA BBS - 60+ Megs - 24 Hrs - 12/2400 Baud - 215/678-7691
karl@sugar.uu.net (Karl Lehenbauer) (01/27/89)
In article <6084.AA6084@heimat>, sneakers@heimat.UUCP (Dan "Sneakers" Schein) writes: > In Message <6901@killer.DALLAS.TX.US>, davidg@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (David Guntner) writes: >>I've got a question of my own regarding Amiga UUCP: How do you script things >>so that you can use a service like PC-Pursuit to contact the host that you're >>getting your News/mail from without dialing direct. ... > Currently the only method is to customize UUCICO.c as needed. There are plans > to do a re-write of UUCICO in the future, im just not sure how soon though. ... I don't know if Amiga UUCP has the expect-send-expect-send-style sequences like real uucp (L.sys or Systems under HoneyDanBer), but UUPC on the Amiga does and it is possible to hack up an expect-send line to dial over PC Pursuit. It ends up looking like: ....... ATDT2386124 CONNECT a\d in:-a-login: ID word: password @ C\sdial713/12 connected ATDT2378756 CONNECT login:--login: ID word: password The main problem is that the number of things that have to work properly to get through and the very limited ability of expect-send to retry means it won't get through a lot. Note that you'll have to be careful to insure you never call during the day when the charges are like $35/hr. If you use dcron, amicron or whatever, to dial automatically, watch out for this. Also, on PC Pursuit once I detected (and reported to Telenet) hacking whereby a guy's program would connect to my session before I had connected to the machine I wanted and would simulate a login. He couldn't get rid of the "connect from 138/40" messages his victims received, but he counted on them being too dumb to figure out what was going on. The point is that his program would have probably spoofed a expect-send line to giving up one's PC Pursuit login and password. -- -- uunet!sugar!karl | "We've been following your progress with considerable -- karl@sugar.uu.net | interest, not to say contempt." -- Zaphod Beeblebrox IV -- Usenet BBS (713) 438-5018