Re: DIRECT netmail

Hi ogg,

On 2026-03-12 16:46:33, you wrote to me:

 Wv>>  CS> Yes most systems accept crashmail, but don't you need to
 Wv>> configure a
 Wv>>  CS> password
 Wv>>  CS> at either end so that each system can authenticate and send/receive
 Wv>> fr
 Wv>>  CS> each
 Wv>>  CS> other?
 Wv>>
 Wv>> No. When you have setup a secure link with another system it's not
 Wv>> crashmail. Crashmail is when you send mail to a system you don't have a
 Wv>> pre-configured secure link with.
 Wv>>
 Wv>>  CS> Just setting up a system and sending messages will result in auth
 Wv>>  CS> errors until they've been "set up" fully, right?
 Wv>>
 Wv>> Nope. On most systems the packet will just end up in the "none secure"
 Wv>> inbound. What happens with packets in the none secure inbound is up to
 Wv>> the sysop and how he configures his system, and the features his tosser
 Wv>> has for this.

 og> I had a scenario recently where a sysop was looking to get his fidonet
 og> number. He used me as a hub to forward a netmail to my hub.

You don't have to do that. He has to crash his request himself at the Host of the net where he wants to become a node.

 og> as I don't accept unsecured mail.

Then why are you in the nodelist? You should be a point, if other nodes can't send you crashmails, you don't need a public node number.

 og> What you're saying above is I should have accepted his mail and then
 og> what? Read it and them decide what to do? That to me seems like
 og> leaving your front door open and letting anyone walk in
 og> unannounced/uninvited.

No it's like having a postbox infront of your house where anyone can put mail in, instead of a locked box where only the postman and you have a key.


Bye, Wilfred.