NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #1/NN_1993_1.iso/spool/comp/os/coherent/6570

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From: [e-mail] (Steven J. Edwards)
Subject: Problem with uucico; fails to call uuxqt
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Organization: Bull HN, Worldwide Information Systems, Billerica, Mass., USA
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Date: 4 Jan 93 11:40:41
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I have a pair of machines in my lab that are both running Coherent 4.0
with the latest standard MWC UUCP software.  I have configured them
both for UUCP; both can call mwcbbs okay, but there is a difficulty
when the two machines connect to each other using uucico via a direct
serial link.

The two machines are configured identically except for two items: the
uucpnames are different (of course), and one machine orginates
connections while the other provides a getty/login.

First, I note that the uucp program works fine from both sides,
although the side that provides a login has to wait for the other side
to call before transferring the files.  There is an occasional
transmission error as one of the machines, a 386 SX, is apparently not
able to keep up with 9600 bps under all circumstances.

Now, for the uucico problem: The connection setup is okay, the
transfers take place without error, and the connection finishes
without any diagnostics.  Unfortunately, while mail is transferred
properly in both directions, only the calling uucico runs uuxqt after
the call.  This means that mail sent and received by the system is
placed into users' mailboxes automatically only by the originating
machine.  I have reversed the configuration on the two machines and
the problem remains: uuxqt (the party responsible for scanning X files
in the appropriate spool directories) is not running on the responding
machine.

I have a workaround for this.  I modified the uucp crontab file to run
uuxqt every fifteen minutes and this forces received mail to be
distributed into users' mailboxes (/usr/spool/mail subdirectories).
However, I feel that there is some implementation fault with uucico
that needs correction: uuxqt on the called side should be run
automatically after each uucico completion.  I see no reason to delay
the local delivery of received mail.

 [The above opinions expressed are my own; not necessarily held by others.]
      == Steven J. Edwards           Bull HN Information Systems Inc. ==
      == [phone]              300 Concord Road         MS 820A ==
      == [e-mail]     Billerica, MA 01821          USA ==
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