-=> On 07-25-19 09:09, Nightfox wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

 Ni> I've seen newsgroups with messages addressed to specific names..  So
 Ni> I'm not entirely sure what the limitation is there.  But I agree, I
 Ni> don't think we should limit BBS messaging to the lowest common
 Ni> denominator when we don't have to.

Were you reading them on Usenet?  Because I've never seen a To: name in a
newsgroup post when reading on Usenet (with a newsreader on a NNTP server).  If
it's gated, two possible sources are JAMNNTPd (which can reconstruct a To
field) or someone on a BBS replying to a post on your side of the gateway.  And
even if it's just on the one BBS, JAMNNTPd will still work out the To address
from anyone who replies (technically in Usenet speak, posts a followup) there.


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