Subj : netmail via nntp
To   : DIGITAL MAN
From : Dumas Walker
Date : Tue Aug 22 2023 08:30:00

>  >  >> Is it possible to have access to FTN netmail via Synchronet's
>  >  >> NNTP server?
>  >  DM> For Sysops, yes. That's what the -mail option for the nntpservice
>  >  DM> does: https://wiki.synchro.net/service:nntp
>  >
>  > I see, thanks.
>  >
>  > Any plans to make netmail available for normal (nntp) users?

> That'd be kind of weird. You can't *send* FTN netmail via NNTP, so the user wo
> d have no way to reply. News (nntp) readers aren't really expecting 1:1 (e.g.
> tmail) messaging in the first place.

Yeah, back in the day, one would have replied via e-mail for a 1:1 reply
from a usenet message.


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