Subj : Nlcheck report
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Carlos Navarro
Date : Thu Sep 28 2023 07:37:05

24 Sep 2023 18:25, you wrote to me:

 MV> Irex supported e-mail tunneling out of the box. I tried it out for a
 MV> while. This is what was in the nodelist for 2:280/5555 between Apr
 MV> 2007 and Jun 2008:

 >> IEM:fido@vlist.org,ISE,IMI,IUC

 MV> Other than the arranged test calls, I received ZERO calls using this
 MV> method. But the listed e-mail address did attract some spam. I decided
 MV> that the added value of listing e-mail tunneling capability was
 MV> negative in my case and I dropped it. Never regretted it.

I suppose that e-mail tunneling was mostly used in the late '90s and early 2000s, but later it made less sense...

 CN>> Is there a way to send e-mail without using SMTP?

 MV> You are mixing levels. The e-mail flags are about how to encode the
 MV> *.pkt or compressed mail archives in the message text of the e-mail.
 MV> SMTP is the protocl for sending the e-mail. Different level.

I'm not mixing levels, it was a (rhetorical) question about the latter.

 CN>> If not, maybe those 2 chapters could be merged.

 MV> Forget about the nodelist epilog. Look at FTS-5001. No mention of
 MV> SMTP.

I see. No need to mention it, I guess.

Carlos

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