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От : ogg 1:106/1 12 мар 26 18:57:08
К : Wilfred van Velzen 12 мар 26 03:10:02
Тема : Re: DIRECT netmail
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On 12 Mar 2026, Wilfred van Velzen said the following...
Wv> Hi ogg,
Wv>
Wv> On 2026-03-12 16:46:33, you wrote to me:
Wv>
Wv> Wv>> CS> Yes most systems accept crashmail, but don`t you need to
Wv> Wv>> configure a
Wv> Wv>> CS> password
Wv> Wv>> CS> at either end so that each system can authenticate and send/rece
Wv> Wv>> fr
Wv> Wv>> CS> each
Wv> Wv>> CS> other?
Wv> Wv>>
Wv> Wv>> No. When you have setup a secure link with another system it`s not
Wv> Wv>> crashmail. Crashmail is when you send mail to a system you don`t have
Wv> Wv>> pre-configured secure link with.
Wv> Wv>>
Wv> Wv>> CS> Just setting up a system and sending messages will result in aut
Wv> Wv>> CS> errors until they`ve been "set up" fully, right?
Wv> Wv>>
Wv> Wv>> Nope. On most systems the packet will just end up in the "none secure
Wv> Wv>> inbound. What happens with packets in the none secure inbound is up t
Wv> Wv>> the sysop and how he configures his system, and the features his toss
Wv> Wv>> has for this.
Wv>
Wv> og> I had a scenario recently where a sysop was looking to get his fidonet
Wv> og> number. He used me as a hub to forward a netmail to my hub.
Wv>
Wv> You don`t have to do that. He has to crash his request himself at the
Wv> Host of the net where he wants to become a node.
He didn`t understand that. We got him the corret info eventually
Wv>
Wv> og> as I don`t accept unsecured mail.
Wv>
Wv> Then why are you in the nodelist? You should be a point, if other nodes
Wv> can`t send you crashmails, you don`t need a public node number.
By that logic, I could just open the door to your house and walk
right in unannounced/uninvited.
Wv>
Wv> og> What you`re saying above is I should have accepted his mail and then
Wv> og> what? Read it and them decide what to do? That to me seems like
Wv> og> leaving your front door open and letting anyone walk in
Wv> og> unannounced/uninvited.
Wv>
Wv> No it`s like having a postbox infront of your house where anyone can put
Wv> mail in, instead of a locked box where only the postman and you have a
Wv> key.
We apparently have a difference of opinion. I will respect your
right to have your opinion if you reciprocate.
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