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- GNUUCP Installation:
-
- Mac/Gnuucp Simple Installation
- ==============================
-
- The Mac/gnuucp Stuffit archive as distributed contains a set up and functional
- version of the Mac/gnuucp program minus a few bits of configuration information.
-
- In order to customize Mac/gnuucp for your machine you will need to edit the
- following files to meet your site's configuration.
-
-
- gnuucp.ctl
- ----------
- Replace the "Your_HD" below with your own HD's or diskette's name (the
- one with Mac/gnuucp and its folders). Similarly change the 'm/g_folder'
- for the name of the folder where the Mac/gnuucp application program
- resides. Be sure to keep colons ":" between the elements (ie, valid
- Macintosh HFS path strings).
-
- Exchange the elements in column 2 for the actual ones, then put this
- 'gnuucp.ctl' (it _has_ to be called thus!) file, along with the
- program proper in the 'm/g_folder' folder. Strip all the comments
- in parentheses, though --("example strings to use")
-
-
- nodename what-your-machine-is-know-on-the-network-as --("fpr")
- nodenamealias machinename-alias --("fpr.com", may be your Internet-domain)
- forwarder your-forwarder --("mitech")
- username my-name --("jim")
- uucplogname the-login-word-that-your-machine-will-send-when-called ("nuucp")
- uucppasswd the-password-that-your-machine-will-listen-for --("whatever")
- timezone EDT --(enter the actual time zone of your residence)
- debug 5 --(the debug level, change to 1 when communication works)
- bytetimeout 10 --(you may have to experiment slightly with this and)
- connectwait 50 --(this values; read further in the docummentation)
- spool :Mac/gnuucp:spool --(folder for temp. [spooled] files)
- mail :Mac/gnuucp:mail --(folder for received mail files)
- alias :Mac/gnuucp:alias --(folder for mail-aliases)
- logfile :Mac/gnuucp:uucp:LOGFILE --(this is the logfile)
- mlogfile :Mac/gnuucp:uucp:MAIL_LOG
- pubdir :Mac/gnuucp:uucppublic --(folder for incoming files)
- sysfile :Mac/gnuucp:uucp:L.sys --(file with remote site info)
- userfile :Mac/gnuucp:uucp:gnuucp.userfile --(not yet in use)
- appendlogfile no
-
- port ACU hayes .A2400 2400 --(Names of the two serial ports)
- port ACU hayes .B2400 2400 --(on the Mac and their baud rates)
-
-
- l.sys
- -----
- lines in 'l.sys' file are made up of a number of strings (with at least
- one space between them, though here illustrated with more white space
- for clarity; a real-life sample follows last).
-
- +------+------+-----+------+----------+-------------------+------------------+
- | Site | when | how | baud | number | expect on login | password |
- +------+------+-----+------+----------+-------------------+------------------+
- mach Any ACU 2400 555-1212 me: uu_login_name word: uu_passwd
-
-
- # real-life sample <--- do not enter this line in 'l.sys' file
-
- mach Any ACU 2400 555-1212 me: uu_login_name word: uu_passwd
-
- Insert as many lines as possible to allow the Mac/gnuucp to call
- repeatedly if the host's line is busy. this is the one way to make
- the M/g perform in quasi-automatic call-host-until-succeeded fashion.
- The other is to use a product likw QuickKeys to call at regfular intervals.
-
- To run UUCP: launch the gnuucp program, when it asks for a Unix command
- line type "-Sname" (where 'name' is the name of the host that you wish
- to call, "mach" in the above example, previously entered in the l.sys
- file). Or just type <return> to enter server mode to wait for someone
- to call you.
-
- The file "Call REMOTE SITE" is a "Double Clickable" file for Mac/gnuucp. Its contents
- is a single line of text that serve as a command line for Mac/gnuucp. You can
- copy the file, start TeachText and change the command line to an appropriate
- one for your needs.
-
- Mail is read using the Hypercard stack. If you start up the start there are
- some help screens that will guide you through its use. The MailReader stack
- must configured on the Config card befroe proceeding.
-
- jim@fpr.com
-