From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net (Grant Taylor) Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 10:24:33 -0600 Subject: [TUHS] UUCP "bag" files In-Reply-To: References: <04c44cba-fefe-b5c6-d683-618ed3ddb0cb@spamtrap.tnetconsulting.net> <9D7839FC-A3EB-4211-887D-BCE67229E1D6@orthanc.ca> <042d9aff-82df-d267-e585-3dfe57b06252@spamtrap.tnetconsulting.net> <3a393f09-d437-9951-98ee-24ddcdce120e@case.edu> <9a749ac4-6017-c907-dc6e-28eff66858a5@spamtrap.tnetconsulting.net> Message-ID: 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 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/pkcs7-signature Size: 3982 bytes Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature URL: