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|    Rick Sanchez to g00r00    |
|    Re: Mystic on MacOS    |
|    31 Jan 23 18:44:00    |
      TZUTC: -0600       MSGID: 4598.fido_mystic@1:124/5016 283ef080       REPLY: 1:129/215 16c67357       PID: Synchronet 3.20a-Linux master/02a3031aa Jan 30 2023 GCC 9.4.0       TID: SBBSecho 3.20-Linux master/02a3031aa Jan 30 2023 GCC 9.4.0       BBSID: EOTLBBS       CHRS: ASCII 1       -=> g00r00 wrote to Rick Sanchez <=-                              g0> Gotcha. There should be a set message date on the message menu and it        g0> works for both QWK and your own BBS last read pointers.               g0> Here is my theory:               g0> When you download a QWK packet, Mystic starts at your last read message        g0> + 1. When the last read was updated, it was setting it as last read +        g0> 1. When Mystic's message base packer was packing everything, it found        g0> that the last read message was an invalid message number and was        g0> resetting it to 0.               g0> I do think its fixed in the "Paulie" build but we'll see. I didn't        g0> start with a reproducable issue on my end so I can't be certain.               g0> I've also switched to using a mixture of MultiMail QWK and online        g0> Mystic to see if I can catch the "fixed" version doing the same stuff.        g0> I'll be packing the message bases daily as well.               g0> We'll get it sorted out and a new stable release out once its done and        g0> Paulie confirms any issues he has regarding file bases is okay!              Your description of what you think is happening, does sound very plausible        and was what I was already suspecting was going on. I shall see what happens       over this next week or two on 20forbeers and see if it doesn't happen again       in about the same amount of time.       iNoNaMouSe       14.4kps From Your Local Victoria's Secret       ... Politicians cut red tape....LENGTHWISE       === MultiMail/Win v0.52       --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux        * Origin: End Of The Line BBS - endofthelinebbs.com (1:124/5016)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 15/0 90/1 103/705 105/81 106/201 120/340 123/131 124/5016       SEEN-BY: 129/305 153/757 7715 154/10 203/0 218/700 840 221/0 1 6 226/30       SEEN-BY: 227/114 229/110 111 112 113 114 206 275 307 317 400 424 426       SEEN-BY: 229/428 452 470 550 664 700 240/1120 5832 266/512 280/464       SEEN-BY: 280/5003 282/1038 292/854 8125 301/1 317/3 320/219 322/757       SEEN-BY: 335/364 341/66 234 342/200 396/45 460/58 633/280 712/848       SEEN-BY: 770/1 4500/1       PATH: 124/5016 280/464 341/234 221/6 229/664 426           |
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