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  • Stripping E-mail Address From Post

    From Tom Moore@VERT to All on Tue Oct 27 20:09:40 2026
    Hi,
    If I place a post on my bbs using an nntp client the post on the local system has my e-mail address attached.
    Is there a way to strip this out so that local users do not know if I am posting via nntp or through a local message editor?
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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Tom Moore on Tue Oct 27 20:08:32 2026
    Re: Stripping E-mail Address From Post
    By: Tom Moore to All on Tue Oct 27 2026 08:09 pm

    Hi,
    If I place a post on my bbs using an nntp client the post on the local system has my e-mail address attached.

    I'm guessing your news client is including your email address? A dump of the message headers from such a message would help.

    I assume you're enquiring about Synchronet's nntpservice.js.
    Are you authenticating as your user account?

    Is there a way to strip this out so that local users do not know if I am posting via nntp or through a local message editor?

    The easiest way would be to configure your client to not send that header field that includes your email address.
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