Subj : Female Spam is *not* a virus
To   : David Calafrancesco
From : mark lewis
Date : Mon Mar 04 2002 01:56 pm

 DC> Does anyone but me remember when NNTP was the
 DC> server->to->client part of usenet while UUCP was the server to
 DC> server part?

can't say that i do as my connection at that time was purely UUCP... granted, 
it was my waffle bbs to my server... i guess that would be server<->server, eh?

 DC> Eventually, once dedicated connections and an
 DC> internetwork was available, the NNTP method (which was easier
 DC> to setup) caught on and people started using it to manage
 DC> redundant usenet connections because under UUCP you pulled the
 DC> entire bundle (even if it was mostly stuff you already
 DC> received from another site) whereas NNTP allowed for the "you
 DC> have... I need" type of negotiation and while it is not
 DC> anywhere near as efficient as UUCP, it was able to allow for a
 DC> more resilient multi-homed UseNet delivery feed.

true in many cases... even in "i have, send me" comms types <<GG>>

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