Testing the connection

Once your local system is configured and a remote system is configured, you must test the connection.

Change directories to the public UUCP directory.
```
cd /usr/spool/uucppublic
```
Queue a file request with this command:
```
uucp -mr testfile remote!&tilde;/
```
where testfile is the name of a file in the public UUCP directory and remote is the name of the remote system.
Force a connection:
1. If the remote system calls your system, have the remote system administrator attempt a connection.
2. If your system calls the remote system, force a connection with this command:
```
/usr/lib/uucp/uucico -f -r 1 -s remote -x 5
```
  where remote is the name of the remote system.
If everything has been configured correctly, the file is transferred and you can read the mail with mailx.