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From: help@kendra.kew.com (Drew Derbyshire - UUPC/extended Help Desk)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.mail.uucp
Subject: UUPC nuking command.com? (was Re: UUPC 1.08a available)
Message-ID: <1990Sep11.164626.10348@news.clarkson.edu>
Date: 11 Sep 90 16:46:26 GMT
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From article <1990Sep11.115623.6091@mp.cs.niu.edu>, by rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert):
>>> UUPC/Extended version 1.08a is now available for the public.  This
>>> package is a small but *free* UUCP based mailer for connecting an MS-DOS
>>> based PC to another PC or UNIX system.
> 
>    One question:  Some earlier versions of UUPC allowed you to do wonderful
> things such as
>    uucp myfile pcnode!/command.com
> 
>    Mail pcnode!/command.com
> 
> Are these wonderful 'features' still available?

Hmmm ... interesting question.  The answer to the question may be yes;
if it is, this is the last release of UUCP that will, because I
promised someone yesterday that I would add a UUCP command to UUPC for
the next release -- and if file transfers are supported, I have to
secure the PC's root directory.  (Actually, add a formal permissions file).

By the way, stunts like the above example are why I don't keep my
command.com in my root directory AND have three sets of backups for my
hard drive.

Also: I grabbed MUSH 6.5 off simtel20 and was reminded why I don't use
it-- it is large enough to require overlays on MS-DOS, which kills
performance.  Nor is it will run on my PC, it complains my UUPC
configuration file doesn't have a HOME directory -- which is a lie.  I
suspect a user problem (mine) on this latter item.

Drew Derbyshire

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