BBS:      TELESC.NET.BR
Assunto:  netmail or email?
De:       Digital Man
Data:     Tue, 24 Feb 2026 14:26:42 -0800
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  Re: netmail or email?
  By: nelgin to Digital Man on Tue Feb 24 2026 12:28 pm

 > I'm a little confused here...
 >
 > I understand that netmail is messages sent through an FTN (or I guess) QWK
 > network, but mostly used with fidonet for sending messages from one node or
 > point to another.
 >
 > (E) NetMail Address        : nige@nigelreed.net
 >
 > So wouldn't this be "Email Address" ?

It's either netmail or email.

 > In which case
 >
 > (M) Forward E-mail to NetMail     : On (nige@nigelreed.net)
 >
 > Should this not be forward NetMail to Email?

It's either netmail or email.

 > I assume we're sending anything bound for me at my node so sysop@1:124/5016
 > would be directed to my email address?

Yes. Or it could be the other way around.

 > Just wanted to check the logic before opening an issue.

We use terms fairly interchangeably since pretty much anywhere/prompt that an email address is accepted, a netmail address is allowed as well.
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