read only

[fab1an2]

Is possible read only messages?
For example in some band I cant send data. But meybe is possible read biuletin or nomad page on any band.

[faragher]

Yes and no. Yes, if you're on radio you can see any other packet sent No, the packets are all encrypted, and a lot of traffic is actually over a link, which requires two way communication. You'll be able to see announces and broadcasts, as well as any "group" messages you have an encryption key for, but you wouldn't be able to read anyone else's messages, and since you can't announce, nobody knows where to send your message. While you can provide your public key to encrypt single packets to send to you, the system doesn't know how to route it, even off the sender's machine. So while you could see packets, you'd need to write a bunch of custom code for both the receiver and the senders, and you'd still have encryption problems.

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[LinuxinaBit]

Reticulum is (at least in the case of NomadNet pages and bulletin boards) a lot more comparable to TCP/IP than more standard radio communications.
In those use-cases, you need to send a request first to have content sent to you.

That is even ignoring the Reticulum-specific requirement for paths created by Announces (that @faragher explained above), which make it so that you are very unlikely to be in a situation where you can receive any data without sending something first.