Me again,

I've noticed that when posting messages using QWK in Multimail, it keeps asking me if I want to make the message private. Now, this normally only happens if the message area allows private messages. As most echomail is public only, is it possible to have echomail areas able to be set toallow or disallow private messages, then inform the offline reader in the QWK packet?

This is mostly a cosmetic issue for me, but could be "excessively annoying" (as per P4) on Fidonet, if it allows people to inject private echomail into Fidonet areas. Most other BBS packages I've seen have a setting to allow or disallow private messages on an area by area basis. Something like:

Allow Private = Yes/No

in each area's configuration.


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I've noticed that when posting messages using QWK in Multimail, it
keeps asking me if I want to make the message private. Now, this
normally only happens if the message area allows private messages.
As most echomail is public only, is it possible to have echomail
areas able to be set toallow or disallow private messages, then
inform the offline reader in the QWK packet?

I'm not sure how to toggle this off in the reader, uploading a qwk packet
with private messages in it magicka will disregard it the private flag
and just post it like an ordinary message.

Andrew



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On 12-09-18 16:19, apam wrote to vk3jed <=-

I'm not sure how to toggle this off in the reader, uploading a qwk
packet with private messages in it magicka will disregard it the
private flag and just post it like an ordinary message.

Yeah that I can't answer, but other BBSs seem to be able to tell the reader that private messages are not permitted (unless they are, of course!).


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Yeah that I can't answer, but other BBSs seem to be able to tell the reader that private messages are not permitted (unless they are, of course!).

Actually looking at the spec and testing with synchronet, it's not
possible with plain QWK. QWK-E on the other hand supports it.

Andrew

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On 12-09-18 20:30, apam wrote to Vk3jed <=-

Yeah that I can't answer, but other BBSs seem to be able to tell the
reader that private messages are not permitted (unless they are, of course!).

Actually looking at the spec and testing with synchronet, it's not possible with plain QWK. QWK-E on the other hand supports it.

Oh, OK. that explains a lot. Maybe I didn't notice in the old days, because offline readers like Bluewave and SLMR (two I used back then) weren't so quite in your face about it?

And on Synchronet, I've been using QWKE so long I've forgotten what plain QWK is like. ;)


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