BBS:      TELESC.NET.BR
Assunto:  Re: DIRECT netmail
De:       Robert Wolfe
Data:     Fri, 13 Mar 2026 04:56:50 -0400
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On Mar 12, 2026 09:45pm, Ogg wrote to Dan
Clough:

 DC>>  og> We apparently have a difference of
opinion. I will respect your
 DC>> right
 DC>>  og> to have your opinion if you
reciprocate.
 DC>>
 DC>> Except that he's right and it's *NOT* a
matter of opinion.  It's just
 DC>> simple, factual knowledge of how an FTN
works.  Argue if you want to,
 DC>> but you're wrong.  
 DC>>
 O> So I should let someone at anytime send
me a packet? What do I do with
 O> it then? I'm not a hub, I'm a node.  I
send my packets to my hub where
 O> we've agreed upon certain credentials.
He then forwards them.  I don't
 O> have the software (that I'm aware of) to
do that.  I could manually open
 O> the packet, read the destination, then

Netmail and echo mail IMO are two different
colored feathers on the same bird.in my
opinion, any sytem that is connected to the
network as a full node should always be open
to receiving crashed netmail packets.  Again,
just my opinion.
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