UUPC 3.1b25 - What does "uupc" stands for? It is an acronym for "UUcp for PC's", but it is also a pun on uucp, which is in turn an acronym for "Unix to Unix CoPy". What does uupc do? It gives a personal computer the capability to become a "node" in the UUCP (or a similar) network and exchange information such as electronic mail and USENET news with other computers on that network. What does the uupc software consists of? It consists of two programs, uupc and pcmail. uupc is an automated files transfer program, similar to /usr/lib/uucico in UUCP, and pcmail is a mailer user-interface, like mail(1) in UNIX. Full documentation is included.
