thomas@mvac.UUCP (Thomas Lapp) (03/18/89)
> I would like to hear about your experiences with running uucp on a PC. > Please post some hints, more details of your experience of using > UUPC program on a PC on comp.mail.uucp newsgroup. > be rather interested in any/all information you can provide regarding > a UUCP-compatable mailer for IBM's and clones. [ etc, etc.] O.K, O.K, I hear and respond. My point of view might be a little bit different from yours since I have very little experience with uucp on 'real' *nix machines before starting this adventure. Just before getting off the 'net' (in this case, BITNET), I posted a query asking about how I could connect to internet (generic) network after losing my BITNET account. Several postings came back (probably still left in archives of comp.sys.ibm.pc.digest way back there) telling me about two programs: UUPC and UULINK(*). So I started looking for info on both. To shorten the story, I got an archived version of UUPC from a local bulletin board (PC) and installed it on my (ugh!) two-floppy IBM computer. I then got permission from a local *nix node to connect to them for uucp polling. To tell you the truth, I never was terribly successful in getting this program to operate fully. It basically consists of setup files (to define your username, system name, dial instructions to neighbor node -- you know, uucp stuff!), and two executable programs written in C (Turbo C for the IBM-PC, I believe). The two programs are 'mail' and 'uuio'. Mail does what you think it does, and 'uuio' is used to transfer mail to/from the neighbor node. At this point the program is mainly for use in dialing out; not much is there for dial-in access. I had a lot of trouble in sending files -- often the uuio program missed an ACK which was sent from the other node to a packet which was sent, and would just hang (not recognising the NACKs being sent) until it timed-out. Sometimes it would take up to one execution of the program per message to go out. Furthermore, all outgoing mail had to be sent before it would receive any mail from the neighbor. Lastly, I found that my favorite editor (Qedit) would not work with the program correctly, and ended up having to use the line input mode of the mail program (no editing capablities). Thus, I looked to some other program to solve my problems. (in support of UUPC, I know there are other nodes out there on the net right now who are using some version of UUPC on a regular basis in production. Also, it was written as time permitted by the author(s), and they have not had much time to work on improvements). UULINK I received and installed UULINK on a PC with a hard drive and have found a world of difference between it and UUPC. Of course there *should* be since UULINK is a commercial product and fully written, debugged, and supported and UUPC is freeware and supported on an as-is basis. UULINK follows the same concepts: one program for reading mail, one for sending mail, and a third for transferring mail between machines. It also has a 'cron- tab' feature which allows unattended operation of the connectivity as well as allowing time-triggered programs (any PC program you want to start at a particular time). I have found that it 'looks and feels' a lot like the readmail/vn commands available on true *nix machines. If you have other specific questions feel free to ask. No guaruntees I'll have the answer, but I'll try! Best I can do is try to look it up in the manual :-). DISCLAIMER: I have no connection to the authors of either UULINK or UUPC or any other interest in their products other than having used both of them. (*) -- UULINK is a trademark of Lauren Weinstein and Vortex Technology - tom ============================================================================== (Nope, Reply will *not* work. Choose one from below to use for replying to me). ------------------------------------- uucp: ...!udel!mvac!thomas ! "..so when the machine truncates Internet: mvac!thomas@udel.edu ! excess bits, it throws them under or ! the raised floor." -- Fred Felber thomas%mvac.uucp@udel.edu ! (so THAT's why there are raised ! floors in computer rooms...) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
arnaud@Alliant.COM (Alain Arnaud) (03/21/89)
I would like to install UULINK on my PC, I would like to know where it can be purchased from ?