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   Hey Digital!   
      
   On Tue, 04 Nov 2025 14:01:02 -0800, you wrote:   
      
    >> Replies in echomail areas through Synchronet's NNTP server include   
    >> "All" in the To: field. I had assumed this was standard behavior for   
    >> SBBS, similar to the old NNTP-FTN gateways. (However, the REPLY   
    >> kludge appears to be functioning correctly, allowing messages to be   
    >> properly threaded.)   
    >>   
    >> After reviewing the source code of nntpservice.js, I discovered a   
    >> function named getReferenceTo. If I'm not mistaken, this function   
    >> should return the recipient's name, but it defaults to "All" when a   
    >> recipient isn't found.   
    >>   
    >> Could it be that this function isn't working as intended?   
      
    > If a recipient isn't found, "All" seems like a sensible default. Are you   
    > saying the failure to find a recipient is a bug? Feel free to play with   
    > it and offer up a patch if you have one.   
      
   I think what he was saying, is that even when there /is/ a recipient (doesn't   
   just about every 'reply' message have a recipient?), it still uses "All" (and   
   I don't disagree that is indeed how NNTP has always worked). I believe I came   
   across that as well awhile back, and may have even tried to change "All" to   
   'hdr.to' or something (which of course didn't work because I don't know what   
   I'm doing), but with Thunderbird and slrn I am able to stuff an "X-Comment-To"   
   field into the headers so that they both reply to the specific person all of   
   the time.   
      
   Regards,   
   Nick   
      
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