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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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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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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