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echo: elist
to: Janis Kracht
from: Roy Witt
date: 2007-02-10 12:54:04
subject: January 2007 Echolist

09 Feb 07 20:15, Janis Kracht wrote to Jeff Smith:

 >> Yet you choose to refuse communication via one of the primary forms of
 >> communication in Fidonet. That being direct netmail.

 JK> Yes. I figure the best fix right now is to use my phone number and
 JK> such in the listing, then the next step is to figure out a way to
 JK> route all that traffic to Thom.. at this point I haven't had time to
 JK> look at the setup with BBBS to see if it will be easy or a pia.  If
 JK> it's a pia, I figure to let Thom know..

The easy fix there is to require Thom to poll your system at least once a
week, if not more often.

 JK> I am hoping this is a temporary fix though.. If Thom can't eventually
 JK> be contacted via fidonet, that's pretty bad to me.

Even your idea of the fix is a really bad idea. The only way to ensure
that update netmail contents are secure is to require a password protected
session.

               R\%/itt




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