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|    Digital Man to Nicholas Boel    |
|    Re: nntpserver adding .fidonet tld for n    |
|    09 Nov 24 18:53:56    |
      TZUTC: -0800       MSGID: 56738.sync_sys@1:103/705 2b9633e6       REPLY: 14219.syncsyso@1:154/700 2b95871d       PID: Synchronet 3.20a-Win32 master/e3f17e641 Nov 04 202 MSC 1916       TID: SBBSecho 3.21-Linux master/b8260ae62 Nov 08 2024 20:27 GCC 12.2.0       COLS: 80       BBSID: VERT       CHRS: CP437 2       NOTE: FSEditor.js v1.105        Re: Re: nntpserver adding .fidonet tld for non fidonet networks.        By: Nicholas Boel to Digital Man on Sat Nov 09 2024 08:25 pm               > On Sat, Nov 09 2024 17:56:23 -0600, you wrote:        >        > > A reader of the Synchronet NNTP service can reply such a message via        > > email and the response will get gated to a FTN netmail message to        > > the original (FTN) message author. It's a feature, not a bug.        >        > Ok, so what you're saying is that ".fidonet" only triggers a gated FTN        > netmail message, but if you were to actually send an email/netmail to        > the original (FTN) message author of any network besides Fidonet, it        > would use the proper network even though it says ".fidonet"?              Correct.               > If so, understood and thanks for the clarification. Just wierd that it        > wouldn't say the actual network that the p.f.n.z corresponds to              The ".fidonet" is not indicating a "network" but rather a "network type". It       has nothing to do with what FTN domain the address might be in.               > , and        > while I'm no JS guru whatsoever, looking at the function in mailutil.js,        > it seems to set the variable "ftn" to fidonet before any actual domains        > are checked for.              Feel free to hack at it, but most echomail messages doesn't actually have a       FTN domain in its message headers.       --         digital man (rob)              Steven Wright quote #14:       If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.       Norco, CA WX: 65.7øF, 24.0% humidity, 2 mph NW wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs       --- SBBSecho 3.21-Linux        * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)       SEEN-BY: 10/0 1 90/1 102/401 103/1 17 705 105/81 106/201 124/5016       SEEN-BY: 128/187 153/7715 214/22 218/0 1 215 601 700 720 840 860 870       SEEN-BY: 218/880 930 226/30 227/114 229/110 114 206 317 400 426 428       SEEN-BY: 229/470 550 700 705 266/512 280/464 282/1038 291/111 301/1       SEEN-BY: 320/219 322/757 342/200 396/45 460/58 633/280 712/848 5075/35       PATH: 103/705 218/700 229/426           |
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