Hello Kai.

01 Mar 07 21:17, you wrote to me:

 RT>> The originating system is an NGO, which due to many years of
 RT>> operating in isolation, has evolved a non-standard addressing
 RT>> system, and also supplies e-mail to it's members.

 KR> I know growing systems well. Depending on their structure they lead
 KR> into a dead end sooner or later. I am sorry that i can not help you
 KR> with your need. But a good hint is to replace the non-standard
 KR> addressing system, it will push you deeper into the dead end only.


Wish I could, that it were that simple ... 


 KR> i did not understand, i would never had the idea to use e-mail style
 KR> within Fidonet.

 KR> The Fidonet "from:" field is normally set for the real
username. Not
 KR> to [confuse? | mix up? | mistake?] with the e-mail style "from:".

This system is unfortuneately so setup, and with 2000 + users, changing things 
is not something to be done lightly ...

 RT>> Sharing as in exchanging echomail with other systems, yes ...

 KR> You are running a Fidonet Host and/or Hub. Ahh, next time i should
 KR> check the nodelist first. :-)

Yes, and a zone-gate ... :-)

 KR> network is multi-user in general, not worth to name it again.
 KR> "multi-user" is using one computer by different people with direct
 KR> access, like the linux login shell for example. Nodes and points are
 KR> connected with your system, but exchanging mail is no direct access.

Right ... :-)

Russell

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