TIP: Click on subject to list as thread! ANSI
echo: fidosoft.husky
to: Kai Richter
from: Tommi Koivula
date: 2015-03-15 11:18:18
subject: Unpacking insecure arcmail

Hi Kai.

14 Mar 15 08:07, you wrote to me:

 KR> Hey Tommi!

 KR>>> My first idea is to get rid off the unsecure inbound by telling
 KR>>> your mailer to save all unprotected-inbound to the protected
 KR>>> inbound path.

 TK>> No, if I save mail from unknown sources to secure directory, all
 TK>> mail is treated as secure. That is not wanted.

 KR> You told us you want?

No, I want to unpack arcmail and treat it as insecure.

I'm still learning the differences between GEcho and HPT. :) GEcho can
unpack secure and insecure arcmail and then decide what to do.

 KR> If you need that feature (toss unsec packed NM) only for that node you
 KR> could achive that by using a hotfix dirty hack and setup passwords for
 KR> that node for both mailer connect and packet password. The password
 KR> system was designed to seperate between unsecure and secure but you
 KR> can misuse it to accept unsecured NM from one special node.

I'm talkin about generally accepting archived netmail, not only from a certain node.

'Tommi

---
* Origin: 2001:470:1f15:cb0:f1d0:2:221:6 (2:221/6)
SEEN-BY: 11/201 34/999 90/1 116/18 120/331 123/500 1406 128/187 135/364 140/1
SEEN-BY: 218/700 222/2 226/0 160 230/150 240/1120 249/303 250/1 261/38 100
SEEN-BY: 266/404 1413 267/155 280/464 1027 282/1031 1056 292/907 908 311/2
SEEN-BY: 320/119 340/400 393/68 396/45 633/267 280 640/384 712/101 550 848
SEEN-BY: 770/1 801/161
@PATH: 221/6 1 140/1 261/38 712/848 633/267

SOURCE: echomail via fidonet.ozzmosis.com

Email questions or comments to sysop@ipingthereforeiam.com
All parts of this website painstakingly hand-crafted in the U.S.A.!
IPTIA BBS/MUD/Terminal/Game Server List, © 2025 IPTIA Consulting™.