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UUCP email?
I was perusing the website of one of my old shell providers
https://www.eskimo.com/services/internet-access/uucp/
$264/year for UUCP email with MX forwarding
I realize that the world doesn't upgrade on the same day - but what legacy application or system out there would still use this? Maybe somebody doing bare metal in their cabin? Maybe government agencies like wilderness fire dep'ts or fisheries regulators that haven't adopted the Cloud?
It's fascinating to come across providers like this who are still making legacy stuff happen. Good on ya guys.
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@jarland when will mxroute support UUCP?
1987, Next time around.
Sendmail still comes with support for UUCP, and one advantage is that with UUCP you can poll your email server periodically to retrieve your mails. Polling can be desirable if you have a labile IP address (or no IP address), something which is difficult to deal with when using the more conventional SMTP protocol to propagate the mail.
Of course, most implementations today simply retain the end-user mail on the server and use POP or IMAP for the last hop, something that has its own pros and cons.
Hey, cool new word...thank you.
That must be Italian.