Subj : Mike Powell...
To   : Deon George
From : Daniel Path
Date : Sat Oct 12 2024 15:32:16

Hello Deon,

12 Oct 24 10:56, you wrote to Sean Dennis:

 DG>   Re: Re: Mike Powell...
 DG>   By: Sean Dennis to Shurato on Thu Oct 10 2024 04:23 pm

 DG> Howdy,

 >> You ALWAYS have to use real names in netmail.  It was not designed
 >> to use aliases and can result in your messages being deleted en
 >> route if a name is not found in a nodelist.

 >> From the Micronet Policy Document in section 1, paragraph 7:
 >>
 >> 7.  Netmail requires real names to be used without exception due to
 >> the way    netmail is handled by FTN nodes in Micronet.  If aliases
 >> are used, your    message may not get delivered.

 DG> So this sparked some curiosity with me, as I dont see how or why this
 DG> would occur. (Unless I'm not understanding the context of this
 DG> discussion?)

 DG> It is quite conceivable that user "Teller" on a system could send me a
 DG> netmail, and:

 DG> a) "Teller" wouldnt appear in the nodelist, as he is a user,
 DG> b) "Teller" could be a real name.

 DG> Is there a spec that I've missed that explains your position in more
 DG> detail?

 DG> When clrghouz processes mail (and netmail) for systems, it does no
 DG> processing on the "name" fields of a message in a packet (and many
 DG> other fields for that matter).

sounds weird to me as well. so a user can't send netmail, because they are not in the nodelist? never heard this before. :)

Regards,
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dp

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