Subj : Re: BBS Mail through email client?
To   : Tony Langdon
From : Tristan B. Kildaire
Date : Sat Nov 19 2016 11:01 am

On 2016-11-19 12:25 AM, Tony Langdon wrote:
> -=> Tristan B. Kildaire wrote to Fidonet.BBS_INTERNET <=-
>
>  TBK> Is there a way to setup your email client to fetch your BBS mail?
>
> Depends what BBS software you're accessing.  Some software, such as 
Synchronet
> will let you access netmail using an email client.  Other software (e.g.
> Mystic) will only let you access local messages via POP/SMTP.
>
> I'm not aware of a way to a way to access echomail via POP/SMTP, but they can
> be accessed on a lot of systems using NNTP with a newsreader.  Both 
Synchronet
> and Mystic support NNTP access, and other systems could use JAMNNTPD.  On 
your
> end, Thunderbird can be configured to access NNTP.
>
>
> ... Information deteriorates upward through bureaucracies.
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>  * Origin: Freeway BBS - freeway.apana.org.au (3:633/410)
>
Yes. I am using NNTP right now. But my SysOp says he disabled the e-mail 
service for the e-mail clients because of spam he encountered.
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