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  • Global personal new message scan

    From Zip@77:2/107 to g00r00 on Sun Jan 31 14:04:30 2021
    Hello g00r00!

    I've been experimenting a little (with the help of others) with the message scan functions of Mystic in an attempt to make it work as I'd like it to on login and when performing a "global personal scan" from the message menu.

    When posting a private message ("e-mail") to myself, I noticed that:

    (MN) /PG /G /NOLR /NOREAD /NOFROM

    ...will correctly display the message from myself to myself (new user registration e-mails are an example of these kind of messages) in the
    listing, but when I choose to read the new message(s), it isn't displayed; it appears to be excluded from the actual reading.

    Whereas:

    (MN) /PG /G /NOLR /NOREAD

    ...will allow me to both see it and read it.

    Do you know if this is intended behavior?

    Thanks in advance!

    Best regards
    Zip

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/01/24 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Star Collision BBS, Uppsala, Sweden (77:2/107)
  • From Zip@77:2/107 to g00r00 on Sun Jan 31 17:52:52 2021
    Hello again, g00r00!

    (MN) /PG /G /NOLR /NOREAD /NOFROM

    Sorry for my ramblings -- please ignore what I wrote about "listings" of messages (that was output from a MQ quick scan)...

    What I meant was that /NOFROM appears to exclude messages from the current user; in the /P case, messages from yourself to yourself.

    The wiki docs for MN (http://wiki.mysticbbs.com/doku.php?id=menu_commands) state:

    "If /NOFROM is provided, Mystic will only look at the To field when
    scanning for new personal messages (instead of both To and From)"

    ...which perhaps instead should read:

    "If /NOFROM is provided, Mystic will exclude any messages written by (From) the current user, i.e. messages from yourself to yourself."

    ...or, *if* /NOFROM is actually usable also without /P (it doesn't sound that way though):

    "If /NOFROM is provided, Mystic will exclude any messages written by
    (From) the current user. In the case of personal messages (/P), this means exclusion of messages from yourself to yourself."

    Wishing you a nice Sunday,

    Best regards
    Zip

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/01/24 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Star Collision BBS, Uppsala, Sweden (77:2/107)
  • From g00r00@77:1/138 to Zip on Sun Jan 31 10:48:18 2021
    (MN) /PG /G /NOLR /NOREAD /NOFROM

    ...will correctly display the message from myself to myself (new user registration e-mails are an example of these kind of messages) in the listing, but when I choose to read the new message(s), it isn't
    displayed; it appears to be excluded from the actual reading.

    I am a bit confused by this. What listing are you referring to?

    I also notice the "/PG" which I do not believe is an option for that menu command. There is /P and a /G but not a /PG.

    Whereas:

    (MN) /PG /G /NOLR /NOREAD

    ...will allow me to both see it and read it.

    Do you know if this is intended behavior?

    It sounds like it is but its really dependant on what you're actually doing. NOREAD means it shouldn't show you a message addressed to you that you already saw. NOFROM means it shouldn't show you a message From you, so its highly dependant on if you've looked at the message once or not and so on.

    If there is an issue though we'll get it fixed up I just need to understand a little more so I can try to reproduce it here!

    Thanks!

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/01/30 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Sector 7 | Mystic WHQ (77:1/138)
  • From g00r00@77:1/138 to Zip on Sun Jan 31 15:19:43 2021
    "If /NOFROM is provided, Mystic will only look at the To field when scanning for new personal messages (instead of both To and From)"

    ...which perhaps instead should read:

    "If /NOFROM is provided, Mystic will exclude any messages written by (From) the current user, i.e. messages from yourself to yourself."

    I checked the code just to make sure, but you are right. I just worked it poorly on the Wiki.

    I have updated the Wiki to reflect what it really does.

    However if there is additional functions that you would like to have let me know, and I can look into adding it for you!

    Wishing you a nice Sunday,

    Thank you and to you too!

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/01/30 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Sector 7 | Mystic WHQ (77:1/138)
  • From Zip@77:2/107 to g00r00 on Mon Feb 1 15:48:59 2021
    Hello g00r00!

    Thank you for your replies!

    I checked the code just to make sure, but you are right. I just worked
    it poorly on the Wiki.

    No problem! It sounds rather logical that it does what it does. :)
    (And, yes, I had a typo in the command, /PG was meant to say /P /G. :-))

    However if there is additional functions that you would like to have let me know, and I can look into adding it for you!

    Thanks a lot! It is much appreciated.

    Best regards
    Zip

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/01/24 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Star Collision BBS, Uppsala, Sweden (77:2/107)