Re: Polling uucp using a ppp link to another provider.

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From: Paul Harrison
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1995 22:46

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In article <mbs.434n@adastra.cvl.va.us> mbs@adastra.cvl.va.us (Michael B. Smith) writes:
> > 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.

Sorry, being unnecessarily Anglo-centric, although I doubt the situation
is too dissimilar throughout Europe.

Basically most UK ISPs have never heard of UUCP, and only supply
SLIP/PPP connections. Even those that have heard of UUCP tend to view
it as a sideline - none of them offer any improvements upon the basic
UUCP set up then the Taylor protocols. Batched SMTP? gzip/freeze'd news?
Nah!

:-(

The main point I was checking was that the author knew enough about UUCP
to know that UUCP & PPP are not identical protocols [or remotely close]
This could have been [but wasn't] one of those newbie questions "I know
that UUCP and PPP are both used for news & mail so can I use UUCP on a
PPP thing" [like the "Can I use Mac software on my Amiga" etc.] I just
wanted to cover the angle.

> --
>   //

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Subject: Re: Polling uucp using a ppp link to another provider.
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