Instructions on installing UUPC/extended UUPC/extended UUPC/extended are in INSTALL.PRN.
Instructions on using the programs are in COMMANDS.PRN and
MAIL.PRN.
This document and its companions supplied with UUPC/extended UUPC/extended UUPC/extended only
provide an overview of the software. The average person wishing
to set up UUPC/extended UUPC/extended UUPC/extended will require a reference such as Managing
UUCP and Usenet, part of the Nutshell Handbook series by O'Reilly
and Associates.12 This book, while not specifically addressing
UUPC/extended UUPC/extended UUPC/extended, includes detailed information on:
Format of the SYSTEMS file
Format of the PERMISSN (permissions) file
Information on debugging login scripts
Information on registering your site with various networks
For using UUPC/extended UUPC/extended UUPC/extended, the Nutshell Handbook Using UUCP and
Usenet will be helpful; it includes a description of the various
end user commands such as UUSTAT and UUCP, topics which are not
covered in detail in this documentation. Information on these
commands is also available by reading the manual pages for these
commands on a real UNIX system.
Note: Note: Note: The MAIL command is not compatible with most UNIX mail
programs, and does come with its own help file,
MAIL.PRN.
Special Notes Special Notes Special Notes
Previous versions of UUPC/extended UUPC/extended UUPC/extended documented a mail server on
omnigate.clarkson.edu at Clarkson University which would test
your mail address by echoing your mail back to you. This server This server This server
is no longer available, and mail should not be sent to it. is no longer available, and mail should not be sent to it. is no longer available, and mail should not be sent to it.
In addition, previous versions of UUPC/extended UUPC/extended UUPC/extended also included a
file called simtel.inf simtel.inf simtel.inf which documented a mail server for
retrieving files via FTP at Princeton University; like the server
at omnigate, this server is no longer available, and mail should this server is no longer available, and mail should this server is no longer available, and mail should
not be sent to it. not be sent to it. not be sent to it.
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Questions and Answers Questions and Answers Questions and Answers
Q. Does UUPC/extended UUPC/extended UUPC/extended support news?
A. Not at this time. Please do NOT send mail on this subject,
as support will be announced when available. If you need
news support in the present tense, try the shareware
packages WAFFLE or FSUUCP.
Q. UUPOLL takes over my entire system when it runs; can I run
it under DOS and still use the system?
A. No, but you can run it under MS-Windows 3.0 in 386 enhanced
mode, or under OS/2. DESQView should also work.
Q. It takes forever for the system to recongize a busy signal
on the other end. What can I do?
A. Not much, except use Windows or OS/2 to let your system
multitask. UUPC/extended UUPC/extended UUPC/extended is designed to run unattended, and
uses a simple input scanner to determine if the connection
has been made to reduce CPU contention on a multi-tasking
system; it is not designed for fast interactive response.
If you need to watch the system because you have to re-dial
after a busy signal, run UUSTAT with the -P option to create
a dummy poll file, and then run UUPOLL with a very short
poll interval and a target system of 'any' so that it keeps
trying until UUCICO gets through.
Q. Can UUPC/extended UUPC/extended UUPC/extended support multiple users on one system?
A. Yes. Each user should have an entry in the PASSWD file
(described above) and a copy of PERSONAL.RC under a unique
name in the UUPC/extended UUPC/extended UUPC/extended configuration directory; to switch
the active user, a short command file similar to the sample
SU.BAT file provided can be used to change the active user.
UUPC/extended UUPC/extended UUPC/extended cannot prevent users from reading other user's
mail or mail queued for another system. This is an MS-DOS
restriction.
Q. UUPC/extended UUPC/extended UUPC/extended will connect but will not exchange data with a
UNIX system; what's wrong?
A. Any number of things, which is why you should seek
additional information from either an UNIX guru or the
Nutshell Handbooks. However, one hint is that any programs
communicating via the UUCP "g" protocol must have a clean
eight bit connection; a seven bit even parity connection or
connection with flow control will ruin your whole day. If
you can login as a normal user to the remote system, you can
use the STTY command to determine the parity and flow
control settings.
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Q. After UUPC/extended UUPC/extended UUPC/extended picks up my mail, UUXQT tries to deliver
it and fails with a message "PERMISSION DENIED". What's
wrong?
A. A good chance is that UUXQT cannot find RMAIL. Any program
invoked by UUXQT must be a .COM or .EXE file and must be in
the path. Placing a command in the directory UUXQT is
invoked from is not enough, because UUXQT changes
directories as it runs.
Q. Why doesn't UUPC/extended UUPC/extended UUPC/extended come with better documents?
A. UUPC/extended UUPC/extended UUPC/extended was originally maintained for low-cost
communications between Kendra Electronic Wonderworks Kendra Electronic Wonderworks Kendra Electronic Wonderworks and the
outside world; it was given away to the unsuspecting public
because that is how it was originally received.3 We are in
the process of updating the documents by both correcting
errors and omissions to existing topics and covering
additional topics. Please submit comments on suggested
changes of general interest to help@kew.com.
Note: Note: Note: When submitting documentation suggestions, please be
specific as possible; for example, suggesting that more
examples of the PERMISSN file is needed will not gain
as much attention as suggesting an example of using
LOGNAME= for an anonymous host in the PERMISSN file.
Q. UUPC/extended UUPC/extended UUPC/extended is wonderful, but it doesn't run on my (insert
non-IBM compatible platform here).
A. While the original UUPC was targeted for both the Mac and
Atari-ST into addition to the IBM, but Kendra Electronic Kendra Electronic Kendra Electronic
Wonderworks Wonderworks Wonderworks only supports the MS-DOS and OS/2 environments.
Conact Dave Platt <dplatt@snulbug.mtview.ca.us>, on where to
find his version of UUPC for the Macintosh. There are no
known reliable sources for UUPC for the Atari-ST.
Q. Who is kendra?
A. Kendra means "womanly knowledge" in Old English.
kendra actually is an 80286 based Epson Equity III+ running
MS-DOS 5.0 and (once in a great while) OS/2 1.30.1 Standard
Edition; her modem and hostname are shared with her little
sister pandora, a Leading Edge Model M, so kendra sometimes
borrows the name of her other sibling, a mostly retired
