Hello Tommi!

** 04.01.20 - 10:15, Tommi Koivula wrote to August Abolins:

 TK>There is no nodelist flag that tells NOT to accept encrypted mail.

 TK>So my node will accept encrypted mail and will forward it but you
 TK>cannot know how the next hop treats it.

 TK>Please test. :D

To me, if the original concensus was "no enrypted mail in fidonet" then  
the nodelist U,ENC only covers the exceptions.  ?

In that setting U,ENC only makes sense for netmail exchanges between users  
of that same host.  (If only the documentations could say it as simple as  
that!)

Further, since there is no way for a user to know in advance how one U,ENC  
system routes their mail, and since there is no guarante what happens if a  
packet reaches a non-U,ENC system, there is no point in taking chances and  
causing annoyance.  :(

Pooh.

But kudos to those systems that accomidate U,ENC without flinching!

Meanhile, email is probably a more reliable option for really private  
messaging anyway.



  ../|ug

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