dick@slvblc.UUCP (Dick Flanagan) (12/30/89)
In article <1989Dec29.050722.1095@keysec.kse.com> scott@keysec.kse.com (Scott Bartram) writes: > Does anyone know where to get smail version 3? Preferably via uucp. The following mail I received from Ron Karr should answer most of your questions: # Date: Mon, 18 Dec 89 06:36 PST # From: uunet!tolsoft!tron (Ron Karr) # Subject: Re: Smail 3.X # # >Good morning(?). It was posted on Usenet that Smail 3.1.18 was available # >from you. I am currently installing 2.5 on an SCO XENIX/286 SYS V 2.3.2 # >system, and I would just as soon install the latest version. # # That would explain the recent increase in requests. We have recently # been releasing Smail3 to just about anybody who asks for it nicely # enough, though keep in mind three things: # # 1. Smail3.1.18 is not the official world-wide release. Work on that # is currently derailed while I attend to finishing up a large project # at work. However, work will continue in January on the prelude to # the final release. # # 2. The distribution is quite large (the distribution is 1.2meg of # compressed uuencoded files, or an uncompressed 2.4meg tar archive). # # 3. The smail binary itself will eat up quite a bit of memory. This is # not a problem for most modern UNIX systems, though 286 users do report # that the system sort of stops for a while whenever mail comes in. # # However, Smail3 is a very powerful mailer, and a number of 286 users still # prefer it even though it is such a burden on the 286 architecture. # # We are directly connected to uunet, so (if you want) we can mail it to # you directly through uunet. # # tron |-<=>-| ARPAnet: tron%tolsoft@apple.com # tron@tolerant.com UUCPnet: {amdahl,apple,hoptoad}!tolsoft!tron -- Dick Flanagan, W6OLD, CFII, CFIG Cherokee 235 N9212W UUCP: ...!uunet!slvblc!dick GEnie: FLANAGAN Internet: slvblc!dick@uunet.UU.NET POB 155, Ben Lomond, CA 95005