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- UUPC/extended 1.11q
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- 1.11q Overview
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- Viewing on a Terminal.........................................2
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- Revision......................................................2
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- Overview......................................................2
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- Introduction..................................................2
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- Copyright and related credits.................................4
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- Warranty Information..........................................4
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- System requirements...........................................4
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- Required reading..............................................5
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- Special Notes.................................................5
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- Questions and Answers.........................................6
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- Mailing List..................................................8
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- December 8, 1991 UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended 1.11q
- 1.11q
- 1.11q Overview
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- Viewing on a Terminal
- Viewing on a Terminal
- Viewing on a Terminal
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- This document includes overstrikes for printing on a printer. To
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- read this document on-line, extract the program NOVRSTRK from the
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- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended optional programs archive and issue the following
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- NOVRSTRK README.PRN README.TXT
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- You can then browse the terminal ready version of the document,
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- Revision
- Revision
- Revision
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- This is the 111th revision of this document, and applies to
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- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended version 1.11q
- 1.11q
- 1.11q. This was last updated on November
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- 22, 1991 by Drew Derbyshire. Even if you have read previous
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- versions of this document, this file, CHANGES.PRN
- CHANGES.PRN
- CHANGES.PRN, and FILES.LST
- FILES.LST
- FILES.LST
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- should be reviewed for updates.
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- Overview
- Overview
- Overview
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- Greetings from Kendra Electronic Wonderworks
- Kendra Electronic Wonderworks
- Kendra Electronic Wonderworks!
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- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended is a PC based version (and pun of) UUCP (UNIX-to-
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- UNIX copy). UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended allows a MS-DOS or OS/2 based Personal
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- Computer to exchange mail and files with a UNIX system or other
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- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended system over dial up or dedicated phone lines using
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- the UUCP "g" protocol.
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- Introduction
- Introduction
- Introduction
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- This document provides information on UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended version
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- 1.11q
- 1.11q
- 1.11q, produced by Kendra Electronic Wonderworks
- Kendra Electronic Wonderworks
- Kendra Electronic Wonderworks with
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- contributions from around the globe. UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended is based on
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- the free widely distributed interim version of UUPC, version
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- 1.05, written by Stuart Lynne, Richard H. Lamb, and Samuel Lam,
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- in Vancouver, BC. The MS-DOS version of UUPC is no longer
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- maintained in Vancouver; UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended 1.11q
- 1.11q
- 1.11q is the official
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- current release of UUPC. The differences between UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
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- and UUPC version 1.05 include user aliases, routing to multiple
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- hosts, dial in support, limited domain address parsing and
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- routing, OS/2 support, and various improvements in the user
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- interface. Because of these changes, much of what is contained
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- in this document does not apply to the original UUPC 1.05
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- package.
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- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended is written in C, and compiles with Borland C++ 2.0
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- under MS-DOS or with Microsoft C 6.0 under DOS or OS/2, with one
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- additional module in 8086 Assembler (MASM) for the MS-DOS
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- versions. The documentation was originally written in a
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- derivative of the SCRIPT document composition language, and is
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- being translated into Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1 as time
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- allows.
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- Minor revisions to UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended are denoted by changes to the
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- letter suffix on the version number. Minor revisions include
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- only those changes, no matter how great, that allow the user to
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- return to a previous release of UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended by at most updating
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- the configuration file. Major revisions to UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended are
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- denoted by a change in the number of the version; a major
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- revision has changes in it which introduce a permanent
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- incompatibility with the previous release. Major revisions to
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- date include:
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- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended 1.07a, which added binary separators between
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- items of mail in a mail box, and was released October 1989.
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- Various revisions of release 1.07 added routing mail to
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- multiple hosts, the reply command, user aliases, the ability
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- to include mail in replies, and dial in support for remote
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- multiple systems.
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- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended 1.08a, which changed the internally generated
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- names of files waiting to be transmitted to other systems.
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- This was done to avoid file name collisions with incoming
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- files from UNIX systems, and was released September 1990.
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- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended 1.09a, which again changed the internally
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- generated names of files waiting to be transmitted to other
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- systems to correct an error in UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended 1.08a, and was
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- released October 1990. Various revisions of 1.09 also
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- added validation of local addresses, a more powerful command
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- parser for reading mail, forwarding mail to multiple
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- addresses, optional delivery of mail to separate
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- directories, and improved performance under Windows 3.0
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- enhanced mode.
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- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended 1.10a, which added the ability to configure
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- for and use any modem; this changed the format of the
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- SYSTEM configuration file. This version was released in
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- April of 1991, and also added a UUCP command, support for
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- routing mail based on wildcard domains, mail gateway
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- support, and bi-directional file transfer support.
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- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended 1.11a again changed the internally generated
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- names of files waiting to be transmitted to other systems,
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- and was released June of 1991. Revisions of 1.11 also added
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- the UUSTAT and UUSUB commands, security, ability to
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- automatically set the system clock.anonymous UUCP, optional
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- mailbox extensions, automatic mailbox backup, and mailbox
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- update integrity checks.
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- December 8, 1991 UUPC/extended
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- 1.11q Overview
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- For a full description of the changes to UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended and how
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- they affect upgrading from one release to the next, see
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- CHANGES.PRN
- CHANGES.PRN
- CHANGES.PRN included in this package. It should be duly noted
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- that there is no version 1.24b at this time. A user was having
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- nightmares in which she didn't have version 1.24b and everyone
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- else did . . .
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- Copyright and related credits
- Copyright and related credits
- Copyright and related credits
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- Portions of this software are copyrighted by the following
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- persons:
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- Copyright (c) Richard H. Lamb 1985, 1986, 1987
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- Copyright (c) Samuel Lam 1987
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- Changes Copyright (c) Stuart Lynne 1987
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- Changes Copyright (c) Andrew H. Derbyshire 1989, 1991
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- Copyright (c) Dewey Coffman 1989
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- Copyright (c) Mitch Mitchell 1991
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- Changes Copyright (c) Jordan Brown 1991
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- Changes Copyright (c) Mike Lipsie 1991
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- Additional thanks go to Harry Broomhall, Harald Boegeholz, John
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- DuBois, Edward Keith, Phillip Meese, Dave Platt, Mike O'Carroll,
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- Cliff Stanford, Wolfgang Tremmel, Dave Watt, and Katherine
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- Williams.
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- Honorable mention goes to Snuffles P. Bear, who says to please
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- send chocolate. Warm thanks to Russell Nelson, who, among many
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- other services rendered, did so.
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- This documentation is Copyright (c) 1989, 1991 Andrew H.
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- Derbyshire.
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- The run-time libraries for Borland C++ are copyrighted by Borland
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- International, and are used by permission. Likewise the run-
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- time libraries for Microsoft C are copyrighted by Microsoft and
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- are used by permission.
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- This software may be used and copied freely so long as the
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- applicable copyright notices are retained, but no money shall be
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- charged for its distribution beyond reasonable handling costs,
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- nor shall proprietary changes be made to this software so that it
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- cannot be distributed freely. Whenever possible, the source must
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- distributed with the executable files.
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- Warranty Information
- Warranty Information
- Warranty Information
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- This software is distributed on a "as-is" basis, without any
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- warranty, expressed or implied. Use of this software and the
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- associated documentation is at your own risk.
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- System requirements
- System requirements
- System requirements
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- The following is required to set up a PC to use UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended:
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- An IBM-PC or compatible system with at least 386K of RAM.
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- A modem connected to a telephone line.
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- One megabyte of free space on your hard drive. This provides
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- space for the executables, the documentation, configuration
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- files, and mail received.
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- Required reading
- Required reading
- Required reading
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- Instructions on installing UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended are in INSTALL.PRN.
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- Instructions on using the programs are in COMMANDS.PRN and
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- MAIL.PRN.
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- This document and its companions supplied with UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended only
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- provide an overview of the software. The average person wishing
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- to set up UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended will require a reference such as Managing
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- UUCP and Usenet, part of the Nutshell Handbook series by O'Reilly
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- and Associates.12 This book, while not specifically addressing
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- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended, includes detailed information on:
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- Format of the SYSTEMS file
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- Format of the PERMISSN (permissions) file
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- Information on debugging login scripts
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- Information on registering your site with various networks
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- For using UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended, the Nutshell Handbook Using UUCP and
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- Usenet will be helpful; it includes a description of the various
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- end user commands such as UUSTAT and UUCP, topics which are not
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- covered in detail in this documentation. Information on these
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- commands is also available by reading the manual pages for these
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- commands on a real UNIX system.
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- Note:
- Note:
- Note: The MAIL command is not compatible with most UNIX mail
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- programs, and does come with its own help file,
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- MAIL.PRN.
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- Special Notes
- Special Notes
- Special Notes
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- Previous versions of UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended documented a mail server on
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- omnigate.clarkson.edu at Clarkson University which would test
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- your mail address by echoing your mail back to you. This server
- This server
- This server
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- is no longer available, and mail should not be sent to it.
- is no longer available, and mail should not be sent to it.
- is no longer available, and mail should not be sent to it.
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- In addition, previous versions of UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended also included a
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- file called simtel.inf
- simtel.inf
- simtel.inf which documented a mail server for
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- retrieving files via FTP at Princeton University; like the server
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- at omnigate, this server is no longer available, and mail should
- this server is no longer available, and mail should
- this server is no longer available, and mail should
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- not be sent to it.
- not be sent to it.
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- Questions and Answers
- Questions and Answers
- Questions and Answers
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- Q. Does UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended support news?
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- A. Not at this time. Please do NOT send mail on this subject,
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- as support will be announced when available. If you need
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- news support in the present tense, try the shareware
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- packages WAFFLE or FSUUCP.
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- Q. UUPOLL takes over my entire system when it runs; can I run
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- it under DOS and still use the system?
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- A. No, but you can run it under MS-Windows 3.0 in 386 enhanced
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- mode, or under OS/2. DESQView should also work.
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- Q. It takes forever for the system to recongize a busy signal
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- on the other end. What can I do?
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- A. Not much, except use Windows or OS/2 to let your system
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- multitask. UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended is designed to run unattended, and
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- uses a simple input scanner to determine if the connection
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- has been made to reduce CPU contention on a multi-tasking
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- system; it is not designed for fast interactive response.
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- If you need to watch the system because you have to re-dial
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- after a busy signal, run UUSTAT with the -P option to create
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- a dummy poll file, and then run UUPOLL with a very short
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- poll interval and a target system of 'any' so that it keeps
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- trying until UUCICO gets through.
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- Q. Can UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended support multiple users on one system?
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- A. Yes. Each user should have an entry in the PASSWD file
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- (described above) and a copy of PERSONAL.RC under a unique
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- name in the UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended configuration directory; to switch
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- the active user, a short command file similar to the sample
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- SU.BAT file provided can be used to change the active user.
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- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended cannot prevent users from reading other user's
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- mail or mail queued for another system. This is an MS-DOS
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- restriction.
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- Q. UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended will connect but will not exchange data with a
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- UNIX system; what's wrong?
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- A. Any number of things, which is why you should seek
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- additional information from either an UNIX guru or the
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- Nutshell Handbooks. However, one hint is that any programs
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- communicating via the UUCP "g" protocol must have a clean
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- eight bit connection; a seven bit even parity connection or
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- connection with flow control will ruin your whole day. If
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- you can login as a normal user to the remote system, you can
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- use the STTY command to determine the parity and flow
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- Q. After UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended picks up my mail, UUXQT tries to deliver
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- it and fails with a message "PERMISSION DENIED". What's
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- wrong?
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- A. A good chance is that UUXQT cannot find RMAIL. Any program
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- invoked by UUXQT must be a .COM or .EXE file and must be in
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- the path. Placing a command in the directory UUXQT is
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- invoked from is not enough, because UUXQT changes
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- directories as it runs.
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- Q. Why doesn't UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended come with better documents?
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- A. UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended was originally maintained for low-cost
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- communications between Kendra Electronic Wonderworks
- Kendra Electronic Wonderworks
- Kendra Electronic Wonderworks and the
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- outside world; it was given away to the unsuspecting public
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- because that is how it was originally received.3 We are in
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- the process of updating the documents by both correcting
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- errors and omissions to existing topics and covering
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- additional topics. Please submit comments on suggested
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- changes of general interest to help@kew.com.
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- Note:
- Note:
- Note: When submitting documentation suggestions, please be
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- specific as possible; for example, suggesting that more
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- examples of the PERMISSN file is needed will not gain
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- as much attention as suggesting an example of using
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- LOGNAME= for an anonymous host in the PERMISSN file.
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- Q. UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended is wonderful, but it doesn't run on my (insert
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- non-IBM compatible platform here).
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- A. While the original UUPC was targeted for both the Mac and
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- Atari-ST into addition to the IBM, but Kendra Electronic
- Kendra Electronic
- Kendra Electronic
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- Wonderworks
- Wonderworks
- Wonderworks only supports the MS-DOS and OS/2 environments.
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- Conact Dave Platt <dplatt@snulbug.mtview.ca.us>, on where to
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- find his version of UUPC for the Macintosh. There are no
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- known reliable sources for UUPC for the Atari-ST.
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- Q. Who is kendra?
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- A. Kendra means "womanly knowledge" in Old English.
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- kendra actually is an 80286 based Epson Equity III+ running
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- MS-DOS 5.0 and (once in a great while) OS/2 1.30.1 Standard
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- Edition; her modem and hostname are shared with her little
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- sister pandora, a Leading Edge Model M, so kendra sometimes
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- borrows the name of her other sibling, a mostly retired
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- Zenith Z-100 named the Fantasy Factory.
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- Q. And Kendra Electronic Wonderworks
- Kendra Electronic Wonderworks
- Kendra Electronic Wonderworks?
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- A. The Wonderworks is made up of kendra, Drew, Snuffles,
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- Katherine, a PO Box, a filing with the local town clerk, and
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- about 800 hours put into UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended over two years.
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- Mailing List
- Mailing List
- Mailing List
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- A electronic mailing list, uupc-info@sun.soe.clarkson.edu, is
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- open to those interested in UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended; to join it, send a
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- command of the following format in the body of a e-mail message
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- to listserv@sun.soe.clarkson.edu:
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- add user@node uupc-info
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- Where user@node
- user@node
- user@node is the Internet format of your address. (UUCP
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- addresses are not accepted by the List Server; such addresses
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- must be specified as an address via a major gateway such as
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- UUNET.) The List Server also accepts the command:
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- help
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- To resign from the mailing list, send mail to the List Server of
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- the following format:
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- delete user@node uupc-info
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- Note:
- Note:
- Note: Do not send requests to be added or deleted to uupc--
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- info@sun.soe.clarkson.edu; mail sent to this address is
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- automatically forwarded to all users on the list.
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- Questions of an administrative nature which require
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- human attention should be directed to
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- uupc-info-request@sun.soe.clarkson.edu.
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- Since any undeliverable addresses cause mail to be bounced to the
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- list administrator, the administrator reserves the right to drop
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- any user from the list for whom mailis rejected. In many cases,
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- the user will not be notified, since the mail to notify the user
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- will bounce for the same reason the address was deletedin first
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- place.
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- Registering
- Registering
- Registering
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- It is now possible to register UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended; see the enclosed
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- register.prn
- register.prn
- register.prn for details.
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- Problems
- Problems
- Problems
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- Please report problems with this version of UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended via
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- electronic mail to help@kew.com. If you are unable to reach
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- Kendra Electronic Wonderworks
- Kendra Electronic Wonderworks
- Kendra Electronic Wonderworks via electronic mail, mail your
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- problem report to:
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- Drew Derbyshire - UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended Help Desk
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- Kendra Electronic Wonderworks
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- Post Office Box 132
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- Arlington, MA 02174-0002
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- Please include with your problem description listings of the
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- files which apply, including:
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- UUPC.RC
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- PERSONAL.RC
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- SYSTEMS
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- Directory of your UUPC configuration directory.
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- A log of the applicable program execution, if any. Both
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- UUCICO and RMAIL automatically write logs into the
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- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended spool directory.
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- Note:
- Note:
- Note: Passwords and userids can and should be changed in the
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- SYSTEMS file.
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- No claim is made that the problem will be corrected, or the
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- person reporting the problem will be supplied a copy of the
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- corrected code4, but reasonable efforts will be made to correct
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- the program. The Wonderworks does not provide formal telephone
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- support to unregistered users. Questions related to support of
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- news software for UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended
- UUPC/extended should be directed to
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- uupc-news@kew.com.
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- PLEASE read the Nutshell handbooks before sending mail.
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- 1Kendra Electronic Wonderworks has no connection with O'Reilly
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- and Associates. However, both of these books are on the
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- bookshelf here.
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- 2These are available from your local bookstore or software house,
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- call them at 1-800-338-NUTS, or send them electronic mail at
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- nuts@ora.com.
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- 3Which is to say, it was free and we were unsuspecting.
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- 4Registered users will be provided an update when a fix becomes
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- available if they explicitly request it. See register.prn
- register.prn
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