BBS: TELESC.NET.BR Assunto: Re: DIRECT netmail De: ogg Data: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 18:57:08 -0500 ----------------------------------------------------------- On 12 Mar 2026, Wilfred van Velzen said the following... Wv> Hi ogg, Wv> Wv> On 2026-03-12 16:46:33, you wrote to me: Wv> Wv> Wv>> CS> Yes most systems accept crashmail, but don't you need to Wv> Wv>> configure a Wv> Wv>> CS> password Wv> Wv>> CS> at either end so that each system can authenticate and send/rece Wv> Wv>> fr Wv> Wv>> CS> each Wv> Wv>> CS> other? Wv> Wv>> Wv> Wv>> No. When you have setup a secure link with another system it's not Wv> Wv>> crashmail. Crashmail is when you send mail to a system you don't have Wv> Wv>> pre-configured secure link with. Wv> Wv>> Wv> Wv>> CS> Just setting up a system and sending messages will result in aut Wv> Wv>> CS> errors until they've been "set up" fully, right? Wv> Wv>> Wv> Wv>> Nope. On most systems the packet will just end up in the "none secure Wv> Wv>> inbound. What happens with packets in the none secure inbound is up t Wv> Wv>> the sysop and how he configures his system, and the features his toss Wv> Wv>> has for this. Wv> Wv> og> I had a scenario recently where a sysop was looking to get his fidonet Wv> og> number. He used me as a hub to forward a netmail to my hub. Wv> Wv> You don't have to do that. He has to crash his request himself at the Wv> Host of the net where he wants to become a node. He didn't understand that. We got him the corret info eventually Wv> Wv> og> as I don't accept unsecured mail. Wv> Wv> Then why are you in the nodelist? You should be a point, if other nodes Wv> can't send you crashmails, you don't need a public node number. By that logic, I could just open the door to your house and walk right in unannounced/uninvited. Wv> Wv> og> What you're saying above is I should have accepted his mail and then Wv> og> what? Read it and them decide what to do? That to me seems like Wv> og> leaving your front door open and letting anyone walk in Wv> og> unannounced/uninvited. Wv> Wv> No it's like having a postbox infront of your house where anyone can put Wv> mail in, instead of a locked box where only the postman and you have a Wv> key. We apparently have a difference of opinion. I will respect your right to have your opinion if you reciprocate. |10ogg |10S|02YSOP, |10A|02ltair IV BBS |10S|02SBBSS|07-|10M|07-|100|020003 |10C|02ertified |10B|02BS |10S|02YSOP --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2024/05/29 (Linux/64) * Origin: Altair IV BBS (altairiv.ddns.net:2323) (1:106/1) ----------------------------------------------------------- [Voltar]