From: gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net (Grant Taylor)
Subject: [TUHS] UUCP "bag" files
Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 10:24:33 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <c438ac42-c520-3c73-1a1e-991afcc3353f@spamtrap.tnetconsulting.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAEoi9W5c5nMtEOF-JCj5J6U2b2+2hNxmLTiVoJYU2CA9X+fRYQ@mail.gmail.com>
On 05/10/2018 10:03 AM, Dan Cross wrote:
> Totally hazarding a guess, but I'd imagine the etymology comes from a
> news bag, as in the thing slung over the should and hauled around by the
> neighborhood kid who delivers newspapers in the morning (that holds the
> to-be-delivered news).
That makes sense and is a news analog of what I was thinking for email
over UUCP, the old mail bags that trains used to pick up and drop off,
or otherwise used in bulk mail transport.
I just haven't been able to find much. Further what I've found is more
speculatory than anything else.
--
Grant. . . .
unix || die
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-05-10 16:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-05-10 3:49 Grant Taylor
2018-05-10 3:51 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2018-05-10 4:53 ` Grant Taylor
2018-05-10 5:03 ` Bakul Shah
2018-05-10 15:46 ` Mary Ann Horton
2018-05-10 16:08 ` Chet Ramey
2018-05-10 14:25 ` Chet Ramey
2018-05-10 15:28 ` Grant Taylor
2018-05-10 16:03 ` Dan Cross
2018-05-10 16:24 ` Grant Taylor [this message]
2018-05-10 14:10 ` John P. Linderman
2018-05-10 23:38 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2018-05-11 0:24 ` John P. Linderman
2018-05-11 3:51 ` Grant Taylor
2018-05-11 3:42 ` Grant Taylor
2018-05-11 3:58 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2018-05-11 4:09 ` Grant Taylor
2018-05-11 4:18 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2018-05-12 4:39 ` Grant Taylor
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