Classic Comp UUCP network.

Another reason to choose UUCP over somthing more modern is that is would serve as a "rite of passage". In Fidonet, one could not become a node until one demonstrated the technical ability to send a message to the local HUB via a special fidonet node address. By return mail the HUB would grant your your permanent fidonet number. The HUBs would share amongst themselves the net numbers and node numbers thus makeing all nodes accessable from all other nodes. Any If we use TCP/IP or the Internet we will be exposed not only to the spam and stupidity, but to the actual cracker population that may want to do harm. Perhaps UUCP, by nature of being hard to setup and maintain will keep out some/all of the rif-raff. I don't know how UUCP works, is there a good primer out on the net somewhere?