Hello Stephen,

On 02 Mar 16 09:39, Stephen Walsh wrote to mark lewis:

 ml>> how they are stored locally doesn't matter... the difference in
 ml>> how they are transmitted and formatted for that transmission...
 ml>> it only takes on bit in the local message header to determine if
 ml>> the message is just a private local-only message or a FTN-style
 ml>> netmail message or an email message using SMTP for
 ml>> transmission... then they can be packed up in the proper format
 ml>> as needed and sent on their way using the proper protocol and
 ml>> container format...

 SW> How many times have you seen users or even sysop's post a message in
 SW> the wrong area?

 SW> Combining the Netmail/Internet Email/Local Email in mystic is going to
 SW> make that even more of a problem.

Did you ever notice that Synchronet already does all of this? If you post a
"netmail" to Accession{at}46:1/100 Synchronet handles it as a FTN
netmail and sends it off to the outbound directory. If you post a
"netmail" to accessd{at}pharcyde.org it knows to handle that as an
email, and send it off via SMTP. I believe you have to choose a different
option from the email menu for a local email, but it is still stored in the
same place (/sbbs/data/mail.*).

 SW> I run my netmail area's for each network in Seprate area's and want to
 SW> keep it that way.

I wouldn't ask for that option to be taken away. But the option to combine
everything into one area is also nice for others that are used to it that
way.

 SW> I also already have access to tools/servers that do Internet Email
 SW> better than mystic can/will. The only part of the Internet Email
 SW> support I would configure in mystic is the ability to send a password
 SW> reminder to the user via Internet Email.

No one is saying that Mystic's email server would be better than the stuff
actually designed for that specific task. And by all means, if you want to
use it for password verification or if you want to disable it completely or
use third party software that option should be there as well (just like the
rest of the MIS servers allow for already). Having it only benefits people
that want to use it.

Still, all in all it's a nice feature to have the option to use.

Regards,
Nick

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