BBS:      TELESC.NET.BR
Assunto:  Re: DIRECT netmail
De:       Wilfred van Velzen
Data:     Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:36:43 +0100
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Hi ogg,

On 2026-03-12 21:40:47, you wrote to Dan Clough:

 DC>>  og> By that logic, I could just open the door to your house and walk
 DC>> right
 DC>>  og> in unannounced/uninvited.
 DC>>
 DC>> No, not the same thing at all.
 DC>>
 DC>>  Wv> No it's like having a postbox infront of your house where anyone can
 DC>> p
 DC>>  Wv> mail in, instead of a locked box where only the postman and you have
 DC>> a
 DC>>  Wv> key.
 DC>>
 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>>
 og> So I should let someone at anytime send me a packet?

Yes.

 og> What do I do with it then?

What ever you want. ;-)

On my system I let uncompressed pkt files, received in my unsecure inbound, be processed automatically. Everything else I get a warning for, so I can inspect it before anything is done with it.

 og> I'm not a hub, I'm a node.  I send my packets to my hub where we've
 og> agreed upon certain credentials.  He then forwards them.  I don't have
 og> the software (that I'm aware of) to do that.

Mystic has a buildin tosser, afaik, you just have to configure it to do what you want. ;-)

 og> I could manually open the packet, read the destination, then forward
 og> it.

You don't have to forward mail in unsecure pkt files (if you are not a host). Crashmail is supposed to only contain mail for the receiving system. (So you or your points or users)

 og> How else is it done?  I'm more than willing to learn. But then why
 og> have hubs?

For routed netmail.


Bye, Wilfred.

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