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In article <RoFRRB20w165w@mantis.co.uk> mathew@mantis.co.uk (mathew) writes:
>randy@psg.com (Randy Bush) writes:
>> mathew@mantis.co.uk (mathew) writes:
>> > It causes UUCP systems using slow modems on noisy lines to waste ...
>>            ^ broken
>
>No, not broken.  *All* UUCP systems on bad lines will handle large postings
>less well than they handle small ones.
>
>Consider a 2400 baud UUCP site (there are plenty around still) collecting a
>5MB article.  It has to keep its link working for over 4 hours.  If the line
>fails for some reason, it has to dial in again and start transferring the
>article again from the beginning.

actually, i believe there are now uucp versions that do *restart* at
mid-file transfers. or at least there no reason after all these years
to not have this ability. fix uucp if it doesnt :-)

secondly, "bad noisy lines" should only be VERY intermittent, seldom
occuring events or located in 3rd world countries. fix the phoneline,
there are standards for noise on those WITHOUT going to datagrade.

arguing reasons that shouldnt be there anyway, and are in themselves
fixed more directly and correctly, is not the way to go in bleeding
edge networking imho.
and "masking" the problems will NEVER get them fixed and the so called
'reasons' will NEVER go away. cast in stone. stuck with garbage forever.

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