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In article <DMvECJ.Cs7@student.twi.tudelft.nl>, Joost Cassee writes:

> I have a TCP connection with my university (SLIP/PPP).

That is an IP connection. But if you have IP, you can use TCP on top
of it. Actually, these two are probably not too well separable from a
pure user's perspective.

> Are there any 
> chances of using UUCP over this connection, or is this a whole different 
> protocol?

Both. :)

UUCP (which is vertically and horizontally divided in multiple indi-
vidual protocols) can be used on a multitude of byte streams (both
secured and unsecured ones), including a raw modem link or a TCP
stream. Just as you can have your modem connect to another one and run
UUCP over that, you can open a TCP connection to port 540 of another
computer and run UUCP over that link -- provided, UUCP is installed
and running on the other side.

Make sure that you use a file transfer protocol apt for the kind of
connection you use. For a raw modem link, you usually want one that
provides checksumming and error recovery (like v), for a TCP link you
want a dumb one (like e or t) for performance reasons (TCP already
does ensure reliable transmission).

But I am not sure if this really is what you wanted to ask about,
because all this requires that there is a UUCP server for you some-
where to which you can make a UUCP connection. If your university just
gives you SLIP/PPP access, you are presumably supposed to use tradi-
tional IP-based protocols to get your news & mail (NNTP, SMTP, POP3).

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