Adopey.153 net.unix-wizards utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!duke!unc!dopey.smb Sun Mar 14 10:42:38 1982 Re: UUCP dialing times Some folks at rand have a fairly clean mod to conn.c to handle calling time lists; they've also fixed up the login sequence code so that it can deal with port selectors, etc., that like CR rather than LF. I'll check if I can post it. What I'm interested in is a way to restrict the frequency of calls; for short messages at 1200 baud, more time (and hence more phone charges) are spent in handshaking than in talking. Also, uucico is *big*; it might be nice to be able to batch calls even on local links. The best idea I've come up with so far is to add a pseudo-time to the date field, something like "Batch60", which would specify a minimum of 60 minutes between calls. Then, upon normal termination, cico.c could write out an STST file (with the date suitable twiddled) to block any calls till then. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.