Subj : netmail via nntp
To : Carlos Navarro
From : Digital Man
Date : Mon Aug 21 2023 08:27 pm
Re: netmail via nntp
By: Carlos Navarro to Digital Man on Mon Aug 21 2023 07:42 pm
> >> 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 would have no way to reply. News (nntp) readers aren't really expecting 1:1 (e.g. netmail) messaging in the first place.
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