erik@mpx1.UUCP (Erik Murrey) (12/24/87)
F.Y.I:
The very usefull -r option that prevents uucp/uux from
starting uucico actualy does work on SCO Xenix 2.1.3.
This undocumented option allows a mail system or usenet
news system to place requests in the uucp queue, without
placing the call.
Another usefull option (again undocumented) is the
/etc/default/mail option 'spoolonly' which only
queues uux mail requests, without starting uucico.
I have used this option as far back as Xenix 3.0 on
an Altos 586, so I'm sure it is in many Xenix flavors.
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In addition to he -r option to uucp and uux which restrains them from calling out, there is also a useful option which will notify a user at the receiving site that is the object of a uucp command. It is the SysVR3 -nUSER_NAME option to uucp and notifies USER_NAME on the remote system that the file has arrived there. Uucico, on the other hand, lacks some functionality. It dosen't seem to support \d for delay in the L.sys send/expect sequence nor mutiple days/times in the time field. It also fails to try calling out on another modem line if it is previously unsuccessful. -- USPS: The Consultants' Exchange, PO Box 12100, Santa Ana, CA 92712 TELE: (714) 842-6348: BBS (N81); (714) 842-5851: Xenix guest account (E71) UUCP: conexch Any ACU 2400 17148425851 ogin:-""-ogin:-""-ogin: nuucp UUCP: ...!ucbvax!ucivax!mickey!conexch!root || ...!trwrb!ucla-an!conexch!root
gz@spt.entity.com (Gail Zacharias) (12/29/87)
In article <169@conexch.UUCP>, root@conexch.UUCP (Larry Dighera) writes: [...] > Uucico, on the other hand, lacks some functionality. It dosen't seem to > support \d for delay in the L.sys send/expect sequence nor mutiple days/times > in the time field. It also fails to try calling out on another modem line > if it is previously unsuccessful. Yeah, and uuxqt loses its lunch if the host field in the U line of the X. file has more than 9 characters! Kinda a pain if your news feed comes from a host calling itself bloom-beacon... (No, you really don't want to know how I ended up working around this bug.) ---------- gz%entity.com@eddie.mit.edu gz@entity.com {backbone}!spt!gz Proclaimer: My employer fully agrees with every word I say.
chip@ateng.UUCP (Chip Salzenberg) (12/30/87)
In article <169@conexch.UUCP> root@conexch.UUCP (Larry Dighera) writes: > >Uucico, on the other hand, lacks some functionality. It dosen't seem to >support \d for delay in the L.sys send/expect sequence nor mutiple days/times >in the time field. It also fails to try calling out on another modem line >if it is previously unsuccessful. Yes, but since \d, \r, \c, etc. are needed by Telebit users, SCO has a uucico that supports these escapes. Just ask for a uucico that works with Telebit. BUT -- I'm not going to bother, since they'll be coming out with HDB UUCP in 1Q 88 (according to my src's.) -- Chip Salzenberg UUCP: "{codas,uunet}!ateng!chip" A T Engineering My employer's opinions are a trade secret. Chip's Observation: "Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't."