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  • Is this how echomail works?

    From CloudDancer@21:3/226 to All on Sat Jan 24 13:04:00 2026
    Hi All,

    So one thing I find interesting is this:

    I posted a message on fsxNet Test Arena from CloudDancer @ my own SilfenPath BBS to user peconi ... Now this is a public message of course...

    However, when I register on another BBS elsewhere, say Roon's BBS in Hungary, on mailscan it detects I (new user peconi on Roon's BBS) have a message...

    I could not have been the same peconi ... It could've been someone else.

    So echomail will find To: subject and if it matches your own name on the BBS, it'll just assume message is for you?

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  • From fusion@21:1/616 to CloudDancer on Sat Jan 24 14:57:14 2026
    On 24 Jan 2026, CloudDancer said the following...

    However, when I register on another BBS elsewhere, say Roon's BBS in Hungary, on mailscan it detects I (new user peconi on Roon's BBS) have a message...

    yes, this is exactly how it works. there's not really anything fancy about echomail message detection other than a matching nickname OR real name.

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  • From deon@21:2/116 to CloudDancer on Sun Jan 25 09:04:47 2026
    Re: Is this how echomail works?
    By: CloudDancer to All on Sat Jan 24 2026 01:04 pm

    Howdy,

    However, when I register on another BBS elsewhere, say Roon's BBS in Hungary, on mailscan it detects I (new user peconi on Roon's BBS) have a message...

    I could not have been the same peconi ... It could've been someone else.

    Username's (and aliases) are generally "unique" on a BBS - so if you are "peconi", then it will assume the message is for you.


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