grading in uucico

[donn]

It would seem to me that grade information belongs in L.sys.  Since
there can be multiple lines for a system, the grade, if included in L.sys,
could be used so that certain grades only went at night, or via a slower,
cheaper route.  Unlike scheduling the transmission at night, this would
have the characteristic that if the link went down and then came back
at an inconvienient time, you could set it up so it would go at the next
appropriate time.

Each system would have a line allowing prime time connections for "high
grade" files, and a "cheap time" entry for lower grades.

You could then address, effectively, the concept of "night letter" with
mail, where you sent it at a cheaper rate over night.  You could avoid
irritating internal phone system managers because you overload their system.
You could use the "after 5" or "after 11" phone rates (reliably).
You wouldn't have to worry about coming in at 8:30 and have lots of irritated
users because uucp is hogging the system (on a small system) or the lines
(on any system).

Donn Terry
HP Ft. Collins Co.
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