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Re: 8-bit news

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From: Michael B. Smith
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 10:50
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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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  //   Michael B. Smith
\X/    mbs@adastra.cvl.va.us  -or-  uunet.uu.net!virginia.edu!adastra!mbs
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From: mbs@adastra.cvl.va.us (Michael B. Smith)
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Subject: Re: 8-bit news
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