home bbs files messages ]

Just a sample of the Echomail archive

Cooperative anarchy at its finest, still active today. Darkrealms is the Zone 1 Hub.

   MYSTIC      Mystic support echo      16,010 messages   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]

   Message 13,366 of 16,010   
   g00r00 to Alexander Grotewohl   
   Re: Message Group during newscan   
   19 Apr 21 19:46:24   
   
   TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A47   
   MSGID: 1:129/215 476720aa   
   REPLY: 1:120/616 d029fc34   
   TZUTC: -0400   
    AG> the behavior is the same for both, but during newscan only. (index   
    AG> reader seems to temporarily change the group so MG displays correctly..   
    AG> standard reader can't  read outside the current group at all except for   
    AG> new scans)   
      
   I figured that might be the case - the index reader is there to confuse you! ;)   
      
   The index reader doesn't actually use the current user's group, it reads the   
   group data and calculates a list of bases based on that group listing. Its a   
   totally different beast in how its programmed.   
      
   The traditional readers work a little different they just "ignore" the group   
   when scanning all groups as opposed to actually changing the users group.  I   
   don't think thats the ideal way to do it, and if I redid it in 2021 instead of   
   1995 I would have it switch groups.  I am guessing Renegade used to "ignore"   
   the group instead of switch and thats why I made Mystic work that way too?   
      
   There are some ways you can probably get it to work how you want.   
      
   If you divide your bases into groups by Network, then you can use the MN code   
   which gives the Network description that is assigned to the message base and   
   that will give you a result similar to what I think you want.   
      
   You could also do it with a small MPL script I think too and maybe I can whip   
   up something for you.  Or I may just try to see if I can make it join groups   
   whichever seems easier and less probable to break existing setups.  Let me   
   know if the MN mci code would work for you and if not maybe we can come up   
   with something for you.   
      
   --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/04/08 (Windows/64)   
    * Origin: Sector 7 | Mystic WHQ (1:129/215)   
   SEEN-BY: 1/123 90/1 105/81 106/127 120/340 457 616 123/10 131 129/215   
   SEEN-BY: 129/305 153/105 757 802 154/10 30 40 50 700 203/0 220/80   
   SEEN-BY: 220/90 221/6 226/30 227/114 201 702 229/101 310 424 426 452   
   SEEN-BY: 229/550 664 700 981 1016 1017 240/5832 249/206 307 317 400   
   SEEN-BY: 261/38 280/464 282/1038 292/854 301/1 317/3 322/757 342/17   
   SEEN-BY: 342/200 633/280 770/1 3634/12   
   PATH: 129/215 154/10 221/6 153/757 229/664 426   
      

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]


(c) 1994,  bbs@darkrealms.ca