Subj : NNTP and To: field
To   : Carlos Navarro
From : Digital Man
Date : Wed Nov 12 2025 23:01:20

  Re: NNTP and To: field
  By: Carlos Navarro to Digital Man on Wed Nov 12 2025 07:47 pm

 >  > That change would just change (force) hdr.reply_id to be a string. It
 >  > should already be a string, so that change should do nothing.
 >
 > However, hdr.reply_id is not a string, but an object (a string object).

A string object is a string - they're the same thing.

 > And
 > then, mb.get_msg_header() doesn't find anything and returns null.

Very weird. What version of SBBS is this?

 > I guess that something has to be fixed elsewhere (I am not familiar with
 > Synchronet's code), but my quick patch doesn't break anything and it works
 > for now: replies in echomail via NNTP have "To: recipient" instead of "To:
 > All".

I'll look into it more.
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