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- From: mbs@adastra.cvl.va.us (Michael B. Smith)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
- Subject: Re: Do I need UUCP to get News/Mail ?
- Message-ID: <mbs.1jqq@adastra.cvl.va.us>
- Date: 10 Jan 93 15:30:25 GMT
- References: <amuser.726597057@marsh>
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- In article <amuser.726597057@marsh> amuser@cs.curtin.edu.au (Bill Sharp-Smith) writes:
- > We have an A2000 with the A2065 Ethernet card and TCP/IP software. I
- > would like to get news and mail running on it, hopefully using our local
- > news archive machine (with NNTP ?)
- >
- > I am confused about the role of UUCP. Wasn't it superceded by the
- > protocol Internet relies on ?
-
- No. The backbones switched from UUCP to TCP/IP. There are still thousands
- more UUCP sites than there are Internet sites, and probably will be for
- years to come.
-
- > Most importantly, do I need UUCP to get News and Mail ? Most of the PD
- > news/mail programs seem to refer to/require Dillon's UUCP.
-
- As of "today" you need UUCP for mail/news.
-
- > Also, can anyone recommend news and mail software for a direct Internet
- > connection ?
-
- GRn 1.16f and above supports NNTP via the serial port. If you are a CBM
- developer, contact me directly for other options.
-
- GMail for SMTP is in development.
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