Subj : Re: NNTP and To: field To : All From : nelgin Date : Wed Nov 05 2025 14:21:10 On Tue, 4 Nov 2025 14:01:03 -0800 "Digital Man" (VERT) wrote: > Re: NNTP and To: field > By: Carlos Navarro to digital man on Tue Nov 04 2025 05:07 pm > > > Replies in echomail areas through Synchronet's NNTP server include > > "All" in the To: field. I had assumed this was standard behavior > > for SBBS, similar to the old NNTP-FTN gateways. (However, the > > REPLY kludge appears to be functioning correctly, allowing > > messages to be properly threaded.) > > > > After reviewing the source code of nntpservice.js, I discovered a > > function named getReferenceTo. If I'm not mistaken, this function > > should return the recipient's name, but it defaults to "All" when > > a recipient isn't found. > > > > Could it be that this function isn't working as intended? > > If a recipient isn't found, "All" seems like a sensible default. Are > you saying the failure to find a recipient is a bug? Feel free to > play with it and offer up a patch if you have one. I like the Synchronet "You touch it, you own it" model :) -- End Of The Line BBS - Plano, TX telnet endofthelinebbs.com 23 --- * Synchronet * End Of The Line BBS - endofthelinebbs.com --- SBBSecho 3.31-Linux * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705) .