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   August Abolins to Tommi Koivula   
   U, ENC   
   04 Jan 20 21:40:00   
   
   MSGID: 2:221/1.58@fidonet e01919af   
   REPLY: 2:221/360.0 5e1049a2   
   PID: OpenXP/5.0.42 (Win32)   
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   TZUTC: -0500   
   Hello Tommi!   
      
   ** 04.01.20 - 10:15, Tommi Koivula wrote to August Abolins:   
      
    TK>There is no nodelist flag that tells NOT to accept encrypted mail.   
      
    TK>So my node will accept encrypted mail and will forward it but you   
    TK>cannot know how the next hop treats it.   
      
    TK>Please test. :D   
      
   To me, if the original concensus was "no enrypted mail in fidonet" then     
   the nodelist U,ENC only covers the exceptions.  ?   
      
   In that setting U,ENC only makes sense for netmail exchanges between users     
   of that same host.  (If only the documentations could say it as simple as     
   that!)   
      
   Further, since there is no way for a user to know in advance how one U,ENC     
   system routes their mail, and since there is no guarante what happens if a     
   packet reaches a non-U,ENC system, there is no point in taking chances and     
   causing annoyance.  :(   
      
   Pooh.   
      
   But kudos to those systems that accomidate U,ENC without flinching!   
      
   Meanhile, email is probably a more reliable option for really private     
   messaging anyway.   
      
      
      
     ../|ug   
      
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