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Skriven 2014-10-31 15:23:28 av Lee Lofaso (2:203/2)
  Kommentar till text 19083 av David Drummond (3:640/305)
Ärende: Attracting New Participants
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Hello David,

 DD>>> I use the newsreader mode of Thunderbird for my FidoMail and I can
 DD> certainly
 DD>>> address a netmail message to an individual.

 LL>> Of course.  But in that case you would be replying to
 LL>> a message, not creating a new or original message.

 DD> Not true - I can address a new netmail to an individual.

Can you address a new netmail to Peter Pan?  Can you
address a new netmail to Santa Claus?  Even if you could,
would any such netmail ever reach its intended recipient?

 DD>>> Using JamNNTPD netmail is just another flavour of "news mail" - one
 DD> where
 DD>>> you can address it to an individual.

 LL>> You have to have an individual to address it to,
 LL>> which makes it a reply rather than a new or original
 LL>> message.

 DD> If I know the person's name (otherwise why would I be writing to them?)
and
 DD> node address I can enter those at the top of a new netmail message and it
 DD> will find its way to them.

Well, there is that method.  Which does seem to work.
At least for those who try it.  :)

 DD>>> Or have I misunderstood this thread?

 LL>> I am sure you realise this is such a minor limitation
 LL>> of the software as to mean, for all practical purposes,
 LL>> no limitation at all.

 DD> I have yet to see the minor limitation, new netmail messages can be sent
to
 DD> an individual using a news client.

Yes, but ...

 DD> Could it be that you do not know how to do it and are therefore classing
it
 DD> as impossible?

I know how to do it!  I know how to do it!

 DD> That is a very "Roy Witt" attitude (the repository of all knowledge)...

Roy just thinks he knows how to do it ...

 DD> Aside: The Australian Prime Minister recently made a gaff and spoke of
"the
 DD> suppository of all knowledge" - maybe he knows of Roy.

See there?  Roy is famous!  Almost as famous as Kilroy!
And believe me when I tell you, the Australian Prime Minister
knows what he is talking about!  Or at least his people think
he does.

--Lee

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