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2.0) Introduction To AmigaUUCP |
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This article is from the AmigaUUCP
FAQ, by Marc SCHAEFER,
This section consists of a brief introduction to AmigaUUCP. It is not meant to describe installation of the distribution. Installation of the distribution is more involved and best served by the instructions that come with the distribution.
AmigaUUCP was originally derived from GNU-UUCP and UUPC (was UUPC derived from GNU? I dunno). This was several years ago. It eventually fell into William Loftus's hands who molded it into a workable system for the Amiga. From there, about a year later, it fell into my hands and has since remained.
What little GNU/UUPC code remains is in uucico, and even that is rapidly disappearing. AmigaUUCP is now almost entirely made up of code written after the original port to the Amiga. At this point, there is no comparison at all between the older GNU/UUPC stuff and the state of the art AmigaUUCP distribution.
AmigaUUCP is a public domain project, though not properly in the public domain because all authors involved have maintained copyrights on the code. legally, this may not mean much, but it does give us a sense of security and more control over what is done with the code. Be that as it may, the entire distribution, source and all, is available to anybody who wants it. There are about a dozen principal authors and a few dozen contributors, not to mention the hundreds of people who have sent in helpful suggestions and bug reportrs.
What is AmigaUUCP? Well, if you are reading this article then you have some idea how EMAIL and NETNEWS works ... AmigaUUCP is a set of utilities and documentation to implement an EMAIL/NETNEWS link directly on your amiga. All you need to do is find what is known as a 'feed' site who is willing to give you a UUCP connection, and, of course, a modem with which to communicate with that feed.
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