Subj : src/sbbs3/netmail.cpp
To   : Git commit to main/sbbs/master
From : Rob Swindell (on Windows 11)
Date : Thu Jan 22 2026 03:08 pm

https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/4aa2274c97e8e79e46d3d757
Modified Files:
	src/sbbs3/netmail.cpp
Log Message:
Refuse to send netmail to our own addresses

as Keyop pointed out, at least for FTN netmail, this would just create an
orphaned .msg file in the netmail directory: SBBSecho won't import it (by
default) because it was created locally and won't export it to a packet because
you don't have a link to yourself. Internet email would just loop back
(if everything's configured and working) and sending to your own QWK-ID
would've already been rejected. Hopefully nobody is depending on the Internet
e-mail loopback functionality.

There were sysop exemptions for when the "Allow Sending of ..." settings in
SCFG->Networks->Internet E-mail and FidoNet were set to "No", but now those
are defeated (if they're set to, even the sysop won't be able to send e-mail/
NetMail). If we really want to control *who* can send netmail, we should
be using ARS for that rather than a toggle that just (confusingly) doesn't
apply to the sysop(s).

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