Re: UUCP & Exim

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Author: Pete Ashdown
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To: Stuart Lynne
CC: Exim Mailing List
Subject: Re: UUCP & Exim
Stuart Lynne said once upon a time:

>But a far better approach is to get people to properly configure
>their mail system to use domain addresses. I don't think there
>is a mail system (well ok Unix based mail system) released
>since 1990 that didn't work (better) with FQDN's. I.e. you
>have to work real hard to make them work with bang!paths.
>
>Other than that I highly encourage and support people using
>UUCP as the transport mechanism. Running UUCP over TCP/IP
>is a very nice solution for sites that have intermittant
>(dialup PPP for example) connections. Far simpler to get
>working than trying to force an SMTP connection after
>you get connected.


Do you or anyone else have a cookbook for FQDN <--> UUCP (local hosts) for
Exim?