BBS:      TELESC.NET.BR
Assunto:  Re: DIRECT netmail
De:       Dan Clough
Data:     Fri, 13 Mar 2026 08:12:36 -0500
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-=> ogg wrote to Dan Clough <=-

 DC>  og> We apparently have a difference of opinion. I will respect your right
 DC>  og> to have your opinion if you reciprocate.

 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.  

 og> So I should let someone at anytime send me a packet? What do I do with
 og> it then?  I'm not a hub, I'm a node.  I send my packets to my hub where
 og> we've agreed upon certain credentials.  He then forwards them.  I don't
 og> have the software (that I'm aware of) to do that.  I could manually
 og> open the packet, read the destination, then forward it.  How else is it
 og> done?  I'm more than willing to learn. But then why have hubs?

The packet is a netmail, and it's destination is YOU.  It should be in 
your "non-secure inbound" directory, whatever you have named it.  This 
is not a scenario where your system is being asked to be a "hub", it's 
just a non-credentialed netmail to you.



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