uuxqt and remote mail

[Marcelo Gallardo]

mann at intacc.uucp (Jeff Mann) writes:

>In article <1636 at ucl-cs.uucp> J.Purchase at cs.ucl.ac.uk (Jan Purchase) writes:
>>

>u_telly,telly /usr/spool/uucppublic
>uumnetor,mnetor /usr/spool/uucppublic
>nuucp, /usr/spool/uucppublic
>, /usr/spool/uucppublic
>, /usr/spool/uucppublic

>I'd really prefer to know what's going on, but I don't have the time to
>figure it out right now, and this method works for me. If someone else
>can post a better explanation or solution, please do.

	Let's see... 

	In any given USERFILE, there must be one line that has an empty
	system name, and one that has an empty username. It does not
	matter where they are in the file relative to lines that have
	complete system name and username.

	The Line that has no system name is used by uucico in Slave
	role, after it has already searched the entire USERFILE  and
	connot find a matching system name. The line that has no
	username is used by uucp, uux, and uucico in Master role only
	when it cannot find a matching username. In addition, the line
	without a system name is used by the uuxqt daemon.

	All of the above was taken from the NutShell handbook "Managing
	UUCP and Usenet". I highly recomend the NutShell handbooks, and
	I don't think I would have uucp running if it weren't for the
	books (and comp.unix.aux ;-]). Anyway, the book goes on a bit
	more in detail and gives a little better understanding of what
	actually happens, and how uucp uses the USERFILE. 

	Like I always say, RTFNM (Read The FILL-IN-YOUR-OWN-WORD
	Nutshell Manual).

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