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to: MICHIEL VAN DER VLIST
from: FLAVIO BESSA
date: 2018-01-28 17:21:00
subject: Testing newsgroups client

Hello Michiel.

23 Jan 18 14:13, you wrote to me:

 FB>>         Is it recommended to allow unsecured sessions?

 MV> Of course. Fidonet was designed as a peer to peer network. The whole
 MV> idea of the public nodelist is that everyone can connect to your
 MV> system and drop mail. So yes, it is not just recommended to allow
 MV> unsecure sessions, it is an obligation to your fellow sysops to accept
 MV> unsecure connections.

 MV> Now what you do with unsecure mail is another matter. Automatically
 MV> processing of compressed mail from the unsecure inbound is definitely
 MV> not recommended. Automatically processing uncompressed (*.pkt) netmail
 MV> from the unsecure inbound usually is no problem.

        Thanks, I'll make the change and advise.

Flavio

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