Subj : Re: NNTP(S) via Thunderbi
To : Accession
From : Mindsurfer
Date : Mon Nov 03 2025 05:42 pm
Re: Re: NNTP(S) via Thunderbird
By: Accession to Stephan Gebbers on Sun Nov 02 2025 20:25:17
>> i made some funky test posts using Thunderbird and Pan on FSXNet.
Ac> Here's a post using slrn, which shells out to nano when I post or reply.
>> The "From" field includes an email in one post and the "To" field contains
>> the "newsgroup area tag" etc. It is Usenet that has to fit into FTNs.
Ok, thats interesting. i might send out some more tests and watch how the actual message looks outside the Newsreader, in the BBS.
Ac> I'm not sure why Thunderbird put the newsgroup area tag in the "To" field,
Ac> but that can probably be changed in your Thunderbird settings. Out of both
Ac> posts that came through, neither of them show your email in the "From"
Ac> field, so either Synchronet or clrghaus probably removed that for you.
Ac> One of the main things that bothers me about NNTP is by default all of
Ac> your posts will be "To: All" unless you are able to force the
Ac> "x-comment-to" field, which is doable in slrn as you can see this message
Ac> is to you. It's also doable with Thunderbird with some messing with the
Ac> config, but it's ugly.
I accidently messed up an smtp server setting in Thunderbird while testing around with the newsgroups yesterday. Took me a while to add that SMTP again and to find out that i have an application password for that Email provider different from the providers website login =) LOL
still thinking about if i want to test slrn. Not sure if i want another TUI interface for reading/posting messages.
