What Is Unix-to-Unix Copy (UUCP)?

The Unix-to-Unix Copy (UUCP) protocol is the "greatest thing since sliced bread," if you ask me. They say it's a set of computer programs and protocols that allow for the remote execution of commands and the transfer of email and files between computers. We think it's more than that. It's an essential part of our lives; it lets us communicate with each other across great distances, even though we're not all physically in the same place at once. It's also cheap; I'm talking about pennies per minute or less which is why we can spend so many emails and files cheaply! We can do it from any computer with a modem and a UUCP program installed. It doesn't matter if you're using a Mac, a PC, or even your computer is located in Antarctica! UUCP will get your message through no matter what because it's built to work reliably and efficiently over long distances with minimal interruption from technical issues or bad weather conditions. Finally: it logs everything! So, when something goes wrong believe me you have a record of everything that happened right up until right before whatever occurred: It's a way to send an email across different machines and works by using addresses like user@machine.uucp. In the early days of UUCP, you could only send mail to other people if they were on the same network as you. If someone wanted to send an email to someone who wasn't on their local machine, they had to call them up and tell them that they were going to send an email and then hang up immediately after telling them so that their connection wouldn't be shut down. Thanks to technology, we no longer need to specify someone's location by referring to their UUCP address or hostname. Instead, our computer will locate the person and ensure that their machine receives our message.