Subj : Join DiscipleNet
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : mark lewis
Date : Thu Oct 08 2026 04:46 pm


 On 2026 Oct 08 18:34:42, you wrote to Gary McCulloch:

 GM>> For example, the BinkP "Unsecured session not allowed" errors just
 GM>> mean a system is correctly enforcing security policies.

 WV> No that is never correct. How else could one deliver crash mail to a node?

 WV> A node that isn't accepting crashmails from "unsecure" systems, should be
 WV> marked Private in the nodelist (without any connection flags). Or even
 WV> better: be removed from the nodelist and use a point number.

ummmmm... that's how fidonet works... othernets have their own rules and 
methods... some of them make total sense while others not so much... this is 
one that doesn't make any sense as there's no way for a new node to even apply 
if the admin systems are blocking unsecure connections... how else do you send 
them a netmail with the completed application? i mean :facepalm:

)\/(ark

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