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- From: mbs@adastra.cvl.va.us (Michael B. Smith)
- Newsgroups: comp.std.internat,news.admin.misc
- Subject: Re: 8-bit news
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- References: <1992Dec13.100023.7056@clarinet.com> <id.6AUV.IAA@ferranti.com> <CKD.92Dec15000326@loiosh.eff.org> <id.QCXV.K14@ferranti.com>
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- In article <id.QCXV.K14@ferranti.com> peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva) writes:
- > Unfortunately, some UUCP links use dirty mail software, like sendmail.
- > Fortunately, there are few if any UUCP links that can't easily upgrade
- > to one of the 8-bit-clean routing agents.
-
- I wouldn't go that far.
-
- There are lots of us folks out here that don't run Unix, and our choices of
- routing and transport agents are VERY limited. I know that what I use as a
- sendmail-equivalent isn't 8-bit clean and without a massive investment in
- time and energy, that isn't going to change any time soon....
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