On 2016-11-19 12:25 AM, Tony Langdon wrote:   
   > -=> Tristan B. Kildaire wrote to Fidonet.BBS_INTERNET <=-   
   >   
   >  TBK> Is there a way to setup your email client to fetch your BBS mail?   
   >   
   > Depends what BBS software you're accessing.  Some software, such as   
   Synchronet   
   > will let you access netmail using an email client.  Other software (e.g.   
   > Mystic) will only let you access local messages via POP/SMTP.   
   >   
   > I'm not aware of a way to a way to access echomail via POP/SMTP, but they can   
   > be accessed on a lot of systems using NNTP with a newsreader.  Both   
   Synchronet   
   > and Mystic support NNTP access, and other systems could use JAMNNTPD.  On   
   your   
   > end, Thunderbird can be configured to access NNTP.   
   >   
   >   
   > ... Information deteriorates upward through bureaucracies.   
   > --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.49   
   >  * Origin: Freeway BBS - freeway.apana.org.au (3:633/410)   
   >   
   Yes. I am using NNTP right now. But my SysOp says he disabled the e-mail    
   service for the e-mail clients because of spam he encountered.   
   --- SBBSecho 3.00-Linux   
    * Origin: Electronic Warfare BBS | telnet:\\bbs.ewbbs.net (1:227/201)