The Conclusion of the UUCP Mapping Project
draft-barber-uucp-project-conclusion-05
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| Author | Stan O. Barber | ||
| Last updated | 2000-12-19 | ||
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Abstract
The UUCP Mapping Project started in the early 1980s as a means to facilitate the exchange of electronic mail among sites using the UUCP store-and-forward transport mechanism. This UUCP software, originally part of the UNIX operating system became available on a variety of operating systems and platforms, from large mainframe to small home PC's. This was done by creating a single database of systems connected to each other via UUCP and then using path building software (such as pathalias) to determine the optimal path from one system to another. Email addresses using this system incorporated the use of the path as part of the address.
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