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- September 4, 1992 How to Get UUPC/extended 1.11v
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- Table of Contents Table of Contents Table of Contents
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- Table of Contents.............................................1
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- Revision......................................................2
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- Introduction..................................................2
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- Instructions..................................................2
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- Anonymous FTP............................................2
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- sun.soe.clarkson.edu archive server......................2
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- Clarkson University Bulletin Board......................3
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- Anonymous Kermit.........................................4
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- Anonymous UUCP...........................................4
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- BIX......................................................5
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- CompuServe...............................................5
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- Ordering from Crynwr Software............................5
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- Registering your current copy.................................5
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- About the files...............................................6
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- Formatted Documentation Archive Contents.................7
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- Program Archive 1 of 3...................................8
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- Program Archive 2 of 3...................................9
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- Program Archive 3 of 3...................................10
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- Source Archives..........................................10
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- Unformatted Documentation Archive........................10
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- Other Trivia..................................................10
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- Special Thanks...........................................10
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- Questions and Comments...................................11
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- September 4, 1992 How to Get UUPC/extended 1.11v
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- Revision Revision Revision
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- This document applies to UUPC/extended version 1.11v, and was
- last updated on September 4, 1992 by Katherine E. Williams.
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- Introduction Introduction Introduction
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- UUPC/extended 1.11v is available via:
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- Automated mail server running on Clarkson University's
- sun.soe.clarkson.edu
- Clarkson University BBS
- Anonymous UUCP from kewgate, Kendra Electronic Wonderworks's
- file server
- BIX
- CompuServe
- Ordering floppies by mail from Crynwr Software
- Registering your current copy
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- Note: Note: Note: Because of time and disk space restrictions, we do not
- manually e-mail copies of the source or executables,
- provide custom .ARC or .ZIP files with only a limited
- set of the files, or provide other custom distribution
- services-- please don't ask.
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- Instructions Instructions Instructions
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- Anonymous FTP Anonymous FTP Anonymous FTP
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- UUPC/extended is available from the following anonymous FTP
- sites:
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- Anonymous FTP from ftp.clarkson.edu, directory pub/uupc
- Anonymous FTP from wsmr-simtel20.army.mil, directory
- PD1:<MSDOS.UUCP>
- Shadows of wsmr-simtel20.army.mil, such as
- wuarchive.wustl.edu
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- FTP programs vary from system to system; contact your local
- system support staff for instructions on anonymous FTP. Note
- that because of simtel20's popular archives, ftp.clarkson.edu is
- generally easier to connect to via anonymous FTP.
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- sun.soe.clarkson.edu archive server sun.soe.clarkson.edu archive server sun.soe.clarkson.edu archive server
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- Send mail to archive-server@sun.soe.clarkson.edu and with the
- command "help" as the body of the message. Once you read the
- help message, you can request files using commands such as "send
- uupc index".
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- Clarkson University Bulletin Board Clarkson University Bulletin Board Clarkson University Bulletin Board
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- The Clarkson University Bulletin Board is reached 24 hours a day
- at (315)268-6667, 8N1, 1200/2400 Baud. Follow the instructions
- after logon to download files.
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- September 4, 1992 How to Get UUPC/extended 1.11v
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- Anonymous Kermit Anonymous Kermit Anonymous Kermit
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- Alas, because of conflicts between UUCICO and C-Kermit under
- OS/2, kendra's anonymous Kermit server has gone to the great
- lilypad in the sky. Use anonymous UUCP, below, instead.
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- Anonymous UUCP Anonymous UUCP Anonymous UUCP
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- The files available on kewgate can be downloaded via anonymous
- UUCP. To use anonymous UUCP, define entries for the system
- kewgate in your SYSTEMS file and PERMISSN file. The SYSTEMS
- file entry should define the phone number as 1-617-641-4817, the
- user id as "nuucp", and the password as "nuucp". kewgate
- accepts anonymous UUCP phone calls between midnight and 5 AM any
- night, and between 10 AM and 4 PM weekdays.1 All times are
- Eastern.
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- Note: Note: Note: Beginning with release 1.11m of UUPC/extended, the
- sample systems file in the documentation archive
- includes an entry for kewgate.
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- Note: Note: Note: You cannot send mail or files to kewgate via the
- anonymous dial-in. Send mail to help@kew.com, our
- normal email address.
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- The files are located in the home directory for nuucp, so files
- should be requested via the UUCP command with the syntax
- ~nuucp/filename. For example, to retrieve the index for the
- archive to your local /tmp directory, issue the command:
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- uucp kewgate!~nuucp/index /tmp/
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- The UUCICO program must then be invoked to actually process the
- request. Users should retrieve the file index first, and then
- issue additional requests for the actual files wanted based on
- the current directory listing.
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- Note: Note: Note: Do not not not use a debug level greater than 3 when calling
- kewgate. Higher debug levels will impact performance,
- affecting your transfer rate. In some cases, this will
- affect performance sufficiently to cause the connection
- to be lost. In addition, verbose connections fill the
- hard drive on kewgate with useless debugging
- information, causing the system to hang.
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- 1The server may also accept calls at other times; if you try
- outside the documented window and the system reports the
- unexpected message RLCK, wait until the documented time before
- retrying.
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- September 4, 1992 How to Get UUPC/extended 1.11v
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- BIX BIX BIX
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- Douglas Hamilton of Hamilton Laboratories posts UUPC/extended to
- the ibm.os2/listings area on BIX. For additional information,
- contact him (userid hamilton) on BIX. Tell him Snuffles sent
- you.
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- CompuServe CompuServe CompuServe
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- The archives are loaded to CompuServe's UNIX Forum (GO
- CIS:UNIXFORUM). The files can be searched for within the forum
- using the keyword UUPC. As not every release is loaded to
- CompuServe, contact the UUPC/extended Help desk (from CompuServe,
- >Internet: help@kew.com) before downloading files from CIS which
- are more than two months old.
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- Because of CompuServe's six character limit on file names, the
- files uploaded to CompuServe do not follow the normal
- UUPC/extended naming convention described below. Rather, the
- files are named UUPCx.nnn, where 'x' is the archive suffix as
- described below and 'nnn' is the version number. Files should be
- downloaded as UUPCnnnx.ZIP to restore their normal DOS names.
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- Ordering from Crynwr Software Ordering from Crynwr Software Ordering from Crynwr Software
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- The UUPC/extended package is available on floppies from Crynwr
- Software for a copying fee. Crynwr Software charges $20 for
- UUPC/extended without the OS/2 files, $30 gets you the OS/2 files
- also. They can accept payment via check, money order, Visa, or
- MasterCard. Foreign checks should be drawn on a US bank. Add 7%
- New York sales tax if you are a New York State resident. Add $2
- for foreign postage. Add $2 if you are using a purchase order.
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- Please mention the product you desire (UUPC/extended) and the
- diskette size and density. If you are paying by Visa or
- MasterCard, you may phone your order to (315)268-1925. Faxes are
- also accepted on the same phone line. Mail other orders to the
- address below:
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- Crynwr Software
- 11 Grant St.
- Potsdam, NY 13676
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- Registering your current copy Registering your current copy Registering your current copy
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- To receive a copy of the next release when it becomes available,
- register your current copy according to the instructions in
- register.prn. If you're in a hurry, order from Crynwyr Software
- instead.
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- September 4, 1992 How to Get UUPC/extended 1.11v
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- About the files About the files About the files
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- The available UUPC/extended files include:
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- Name Description
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- index The current directory listing for the
- UUPC/extended archive. (Only available on
- kewgate and the various Clarkson systems)
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- uupc11vd.zip Formatted documentation files for UUPC/extended
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- uupc11vr.zip Executable files for MS-DOS, 1 of 3
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- uupc11vo.zip Executable files for MS-DOS, 2 of 3.
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- uupc11vn.zip Executable files for MS-DOS, 3 of 3.
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- uupc11v2.zip Executable files for OS/2, 1 of 3.
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- uupc11v3.zip Executable files for OS/2, 2 of 3.
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- uupc11v4.zip Executable files for OS/2, 3 of 3.
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- uupc11vs.zip Source files for UUPC/extended, 1 of 2.
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- uupc11vt.zip Source files for UUPC/extended, 2 of 2.
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- uupc11vw.zip Raw documentation files for UUPC/extended
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- howtoget.txt This file. (Only available on kewgate and
- various Clarkson systems)
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- announce.txt A summary of the newest release; this file is
- generally an abridged version of the current
- CHANGES.PRN file included in the documentation
- archive. These file is not created if the
- current release has limited changes; for all
- releases, CHANGES.PRN is the definitive summary
- of changes. (Only available on kewgate and
- various Clarkson systems)
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- Note: Note: Note: MS-DOS users will want uupc11vr.zip, uupc11vo.zip,
- uupc11rn.zip, and uupc11vd.zip.
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- Note: Note: Note: OS/2 users will want uupc11v2.zip, uupc11v3.zip,
- uupc11r4.zip, and uupc11vd.zip.
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- The files names change with each release to include the current
- release number in the file name. For example, the source archive
- for version 1.24b would be uupc24bs.zip.
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- From time to time, test releases are loaded to kewgate and/or the
- various Clarkson systems. These releases are placed in a sub-
- directory on the Clarkson file server and in the same directory
- as the production directory on kewgate.
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- Formatted Documentation Archive Contents Formatted Documentation Archive Contents Formatted Documentation Archive Contents
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- The documentation archive includes both the formatted documents
- describing UUPC/extended and various configuration file. Most of
- the configuration files are samples and must be modified to be
- used. The files in the documentation archive are as follows:
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- README.PRN provides an overview of UUPC/extended.
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- REGISTER.PRN describes how to register UUPC/extended to
- encourage us to keep putting out this insanity.
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- Note: Note: Note: You do not not not have to register to UUPC/extended to use it
- or give it to others.
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- INSTALL.PRN tells how to install or upgrade UUPC/extended
- once you have read README.PRN.
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- COMMANDS.PRN summarizes the commands supplied with
- UUPC/extended, information on how to use most of them, and
- instructions on where to find information on the other
- commands.
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- HOWTOGET.PRN (this file) describes how and where to get a
- new version of UUPC/extended.
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- CHANGES.PRN is a list of recent changes to UUPC/extended
- (fixed bugs and enhancements).
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- MAIL.PRN is the documentation file for the MAIL command.
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- TILDE.PRN is used to generate a text file printed by the
- help (~?) command when sending mail.
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- UUSTAT.PRN is the documentation for the UUSTAT program.
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- BUGS.PRN is a list of known bugs in UUPC/extended.
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- UUPC.RC defines the system information related to
- UUPC/extended, such as the system name and work directories.
- Only one UUPC.RC file should exist per PC.
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- PERSONAL.RC defines the user information related to UUCP,
- such the user id, (mailbox) of the user, the user's full
- name, and the directory to store mail in. If several people
- share the same PC, then multiple PERSONAL.RC files may exist
- under different names.
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- PERSONAL.SIG is a sample signature file, which is appended
- to each mail file you send. Use of this file is optional,
- but highly recommended.
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- SYSTEMS defines the telephone numbers and login information
- for other computers the local PC can call.
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- PASSWD defines both remote systems that can call the local
- PC and all local users.
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- PERMISSN defines access for remote systems accessing your
- system via UUPC/extended. It is based on the format of the
- UUCP PERMISSIONS file.
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- SAMPLE.MDM is a heavily commented modem configuration file
- which explains the use of the various fields in modem
- configuration files. Other modem files are also included.
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- HOSTPATH defines routing for hosts that are not directly
- connected to the PC.
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- ALIASES.TXT defines short aliases for common addresses,
- allowing a short nickname to be used in place of the full
- name and mail address of a person.
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- Program Archive 1 of 3 Program Archive 1 of 3 Program Archive 1 of 3
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- The following programs are included in both the UUPCxxxR archive
- and UUPCxxx2 archive. The programs included are:
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- MAIL.EXE is the mail user agent (MUA); it is used for both
- sending and receiving mail.
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- UUCICO.EXE acts the mail transport agent by exchanging files
- with other systems via the serial port (modem). It can both
- call out (active polling) and wait for another system to
- call (passive polling).
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- Note: Note: Note: Some versions of the MS-DOS required archive also
- include an alternative version called UUCICOF.EXE.
- This module performs the same function but has a more
- advanced serial communications driver which supports
- serial ports with FIFO buffering. However, UUCICOF may
- not work on some systems.
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- UUXQT.COM processes requests received via UUCICO, invoking
- RMAIL.COM or other programs to process data. It should be
- run after each UUCICO.EXE invocation.
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- RMAIL.COM is called by both MAIL.EXE and UUIO.EXE to deliver
- mail; as such, it must be called RMAIL.COM.
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- Note: Note: Note: There are no .COM files in the OS/2 archive; all the
- OS/2 files have .EXE extensions.
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- Program Archive 2 of 3 Program Archive 2 of 3 Program Archive 2 of 3
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- The following programs are included in both the UUPCxxxO archive
- and UUPCxxx3 archive:
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- FMT.COM is a simple program to format text by wrapping it
- after 72 columns.
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- GENSIG.COM randomly appends quotes or other user selected
- text to the end of a fixed signature file.
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- NOVRSTRK.COM is a program which removes overstrikes from
- files for viewing on a terminal. It's use is described
- above, and is optional.
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- UUPOLL.COM serves as a driver for UUCICO and UUXQT, invoking
- UUCICO to answer the phone and/or dial out on regular basis
- and then automatically invoking UUXQT to process any files
- received; this permits unattended operation of
- UUPC/extended, allowing it, for example, to call another
- system in the middle of the night.
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- UUCP.COM copies binary files between two systems without
- going through mail.
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- UUSTAT.COM is a utility to report on and update the status
- of jobs queued for other systems.
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- UUSUB.COM reports and optionally clears statistics on the
- amount of data transferred between systems.
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- SU.BAT is a sample command file for changing the active
- user.
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- UUCLEAN.BAT is a sample command file which deletes old logs
- and temporary files from the UUPC/extended spool and
- temporary directories.
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- UUIO.BAT is a sample command file for running UUCICO and
- UUXQT in sequence.
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- Note: Note: Note: There are no .COM or .BAT files in the OS/2 archives;
- all the files have .EXE or .CMD extensions.
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- Program Archive 3 of 3 Program Archive 3 of 3 Program Archive 3 of 3
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- The following programs are included in both the UUPCxxxn archive
- and the UUPCxxx4 archive:
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- RNEWS
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- EXPIRE
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- Source Archives Source Archives Source Archives
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- The source archives include all of the files needed to build
- UUPC/extended under DOS using Borland C++ 2.0. The program can
- also be built under DOS or OS/2 using Microsoft C 6.0. Microsoft
- Macro Assembler is also required if building the DOS modules with
- the Microsoft C compiler.
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- Note: Note: Note: The uupc11vs.zip file should be PKUNZIPed with the
- unpack directory (-d) option.
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- Unformatted Documentation Archive Unformatted Documentation Archive Unformatted Documentation Archive
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- The unformatted documentation archive includes all of the Word
- for Windows (2.0) files and templates used to create the
- formatted documents in the regular documentation archive.
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- Other Trivia Other Trivia Other Trivia
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- Special Thanks Special Thanks Special Thanks
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- Russ Nelson and Keith Peterson have aided me in getting many of
- the past releases out to the public. Thanks Clarkson
- University's Educational Resources Center, with special attention
- to Brad Clements and Bob Barringer, for providing upload and
- anonymous FTP facilities.
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- A final thanks to Shawn McKay and Alan Steele of the
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology and eddie.mit.edu for
- handling kewgate's Internet mail forwarding (including all those
- questions to help@kew.com).
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- Questions and Comments Questions and Comments Questions and Comments
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- Please direct all questions on retrieving UUPC/extended to
- help@kew.com.
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