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   PID: Synchronet 3.21a-Linux master/d39e01091 Nov 03 2025 GCC 12.2.0   
   TID: hpt/lnx 1.9 2024-03-02   
   BBSID: PHARCYDE   
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   Hey Digital!   
      
   On Wed, 05 Nov 2025 18:03:00 -0800, you wrote:   
      
    >> 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).   
      
    > No, not all USENET replies have a recipient.    
      
   Correct, however /this/ (as in what I'm fairly certain we're discussing) isn't   
   USENET. We're using NNTP to access our message bases (which may or may not   
   actually carry USENET). I think this conversation was much more pointing   
   towards BBS/FTN messages. Most local and FTN messages (particularly replies)   
   on a BBS usually have a recipient (do they not?), unless it's specifically   
   sent to "All".   
      
    > X-Comment-to is not a requirement or universally used.   
      
   You're right. However, in the hobby we are involved in, it makes the normal   
   "To" and "From" fields look like everyone elses that aren't using NNTP. I also   
   wasn't stating that Synchronet needed to do that, I was just mentioning that's   
   how I got around all of my messages posted with a newsreader being addressed   
   to "All".   
      
   What (I think?) the question from the OP was, was asking why /all/ messages   
   are addressed to "All" when it seems like there's something already in the   
   code that is looking for a recipient it could be filling the "To" field with   
   on a reply?   
      
   Regards,   
   Nick   
      
   ... Sarcasm: because beating people up is illegal.   
   --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20250409   
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