Subj : September, 2003 Echolist
To   : Thom LaCosta
From : Michael Grant
Date : Wed Oct 01 2003 01:05 am

Hello Thom.

30 Sep 03 03:46, you wrote to me:

 TL>> The bigger problem is that I can't find another provider within
 TL>> the local calling area that is/will offer UUCP service.

 MG>> Why do you need UUCP?

 TL> The gateway here is run by GIGO, which uses UUCP.

Have you considered any alternatives? Irex, for example, can do e-mail gating.

 MG>> Is there not a local Unix university system
 MG>> in Baltimore that you can buy UUCP service from?

 TL> I don't think so....since there are ISPs falling all over themselves, the
 TL> Universities don't have the same motivation they used to have for
 TL> providing services.  There is also an increasing sentiment that
 TL> government subsidized operations shouldn't be competing against the
 TL> private sector.

The thing is, Universities and "Freenets" are pretty much the only systems 
still using UUCP on a large scale...

 TL> What I need is something to translate email to the robot into the .msg
 TL> format. I could then download the "messages" from my server and process
 TL> them. I'm going to post a request in the PERL echo...perhaps someone has
 TL> already done that.

I believe Irex can do that for you. It comes in a Linux flavor as well...


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