JP>>  On the Win95 echo, the people there keep saying that there is NO
JP>>  private mail at all on FIDO.

 EK> Netmail is Private by default, However the sysop can see all,
 EK> including private email sent and received on there system.

and because the sysop can see all, this is why they say that there is no
private mail in fidonet... there is also the fact that many systems strip
the private bit in /echo/mail that there is not private echomail like there
are in other networks...

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