[nos-bbs] Winlink CC headers opinions ? comments ?

[Boudewijn (Bob) Tenty]

I agree, it is not for jnos to distribute that but for Winlink.


Boudewijn VE3TOK


On 7/10/26 12:33, David Lounsbury wrote:
> I see no reason to process Winlink CCs in jnos myself. The Winlink CC already implies a delivery path to the intended recipient. I guess there might be a corner case in a multi-user jnos node where people were fetching their Winlink email. Even there, though, I believe every person would receive a copy directly from Winlink - there's no need to repeat the delivery via also handling the CCs in jnos.
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> Concur with Charles on making this an option. I don'e see the use case myself, but I have relatively few users on my node and haven't thought about all delivery paths.
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> Another downside to CC processing is that you end up with a hidden area on your node for *every* CC. Cleaning this up is not fun.
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> Regards,
> Dave Lounsbury
> KC1UIX
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> *On Jul 10, 2026 at 10:03:07 AM, Maiko Langelaar wrote:*
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>     That is an INSANE number of CC entries in the mail header.
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>     Can anyone give me a reason WHY we should not ignore CC entries.
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>     How many of you would actually be able to deliver to the CC entries within
>     your own bbs setups ? I could add a flag something like :
>
>        mbox winlink ignoreCC *[from From: xxxx]
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>     But is there any point ? Opinion ? Comments ?
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>     I mean, really this can apply to ANY area, not just Wl2k
>
>     Maiko / VE4KLM
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>     On 6/24/26 08:09, David Lounsbury wrote:
>     > Problem: After receiving a Winlink email with a large number of CCs
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