Subj : Re: EchoMail vs. Posting to
To   : Geri Atricks
From : Nightfox
Date : Thu May 05 2022 09:51:25

  Re: Re: EchoMail vs. Posting to
  By: Geri Atricks to Kaelon on Tue May 03 2022 05:13 pm

 Ka>> I just noticed that when I receive notices on a BBS about some of
 Ka>> the posts made to me (on FSX, in particular) appear as "Soandso has
 Ka>> sent an EchoMail to you on FSX.GEN," while others will appear as
 Ka>> "Soandso has posted to you on NET.General."

 Ka>> What's the difference between the two?  Aren't they both public
 Ka>> posts to a networked message base?

 GA> Yes, they are two different echoes and the BBS is just letting you know
 GA> that someone addressed a public message to you on those echoes.

It's actually that Synchronet uses the different wording depending on whether it's an FTN echo or a QWK-networked message area.

Nightfox
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