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Re: UUCP connections only when remote is online

From Borax Man <rotflol2@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.mail.uucp
Subject Re: UUCP connections only when remote is online
Date 2025-05-04 00:31 +0000
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On 2025-05-03, Ray Banana <rayban@raybanana.net> wrote:
> Thus spake Borax Man <rotflol2@hotmail.com>
>  
>> uucico DesktopMachine - (2025-05-03 20:58:00.03 14603) Calling system DesktopMachine (port TCP)
>> uucico DesktopMachine - (2025-05-03 20:58:22.06 14603) ERROR: connect: No route to host
>
> This is a TCP/IP connection initiated by running uucico, the UUCP file
> transfer daemon. uucico is usually started by a cron job running at
> predefined intervals. It will connect to the target system, transfer all
> files in the outgoing queue and download all files waiting on the target
> system. If it is unable to connect, all files in the queue will be
> preserved for the next run and removed only after a successful transfer.
>
>> I was wondering whether UUCP had this functionality.
>
> UUCP was specifically designed for file transfers between systems that
> are not permanently online.
>

Thats what I suspected, I just wanted to confirm that I wasn't missing
something.

Thank you.

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UUCP connections only when remote is online Borax Man <rotflol2@hotmail.com> - 2025-05-03 01:29 +0000
  Re: UUCP connections only when remote is online Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2025-05-03 11:13 +0200
    Re: UUCP connections only when remote is online Borax Man <rotflol2@hotmail.com> - 2025-05-03 11:02 +0000
      Re: UUCP connections only when remote is online Ray Banana <rayban@raybanana.net> - 2025-05-03 16:36 +0200
        Re: UUCP connections only when remote is online Borax Man <rotflol2@hotmail.com> - 2025-05-04 00:31 +0000
  Re: UUCP connections only when remote is online Martin Burmester <martin@burmester.org> - 2025-05-03 16:09 +0200
    Re: UUCP connections only when remote is online Borax Man <rotflol2@hotmail.com> - 2025-05-04 13:41 +0000

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