Chapter 14. UNIX-to-UNIX Copy Program
UNIX-to-UNIX Copy Program (UUCP) is one of the long-standing and established protocols within the TCP/IP suite. The primary use of UUCP is to facilitate the transport of email between systems.
Beginning with the next section, we begin our UUCP journeys by providing an overview of UUCP. In the sections that follow, we discuss the requirements to set up and use UUCP between your machine and other machines.
UUCP Overview
UUCP is one of the most widely used TCP/IP protocols on the Internet and has been around a long time. The UUCP package was developed at AT&T Bell Labs in the mid '70s. The focus was (and still is) on providing a simple network protocol for the transfer of files and email over standard dial-up phone ...
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