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Article #102Re: Polling uucp using a ppp link to another provider.
From: Michael B. Smith
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 11:05
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 11:05
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In article <9510152232.00000xxx00d7k@phszx81.gn.apc.org> paul@gn.apc.org writes: > In article <ronald.04gr@noblehouse.xs4all.nl> ronald@noblehouse.xs4all.nl (Ronald van Eijck) writes: > > Is is possible to do an uucp poll trough a ppp link to > > internet? > Depends on what you mean. If you mean, can you poll some other site that's > connected to the Internet and running UUCP, then yes, and the technique > is quite common. There are quite a few UUCP protocols designed for this > specifically. Unfortunately AmigaUUCP doesn't support any of them. 'g' and 'G' work quite well, with large window and segment sizes. > You'll need telser.device if you want to do this with AmigaUUCP, and if > you succeed, let us all know! > > If you mean "Can I poll my provider for news and email over PPP" then > the answer is ask your provider, but the answer will probably be no. Why not? Mine supports it. Most I've seen do, if you buy the "extra charge" uucp connect option. -- // Michael B. Smith \X/ mbs@adastra.cvl.va.us
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!hearst.acc.Virginia.EDU!adastra!mbs Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.uucp From: mbs@adastra.cvl.va.us (Michael B. Smith) Subject: Re: Polling uucp using a ppp link to another provider. References: <ronald.04gr@noblehouse.xs4all.nl> <9510152232.00000xxx00d7k@phszx81.gn.apc.org> X-NewsReader: GRn 3.0b15 October 17, 1995 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <mbs.434n@adastra.cvl.va.us> Date: Wed, 18 Oct 95 07:05:40 EDT Organization: Only if you insist...