Subj : Avatar Data Messages
To   : Digital Man
From : apam
Date : Mon Nov 15 2021 11:12:00

 > It's an md5 sum of the user's real name, that keeps users' real names
 > more private while still allowing the successful lookup of their
 > avatar. Older versions of avatars.js didn't support the mapping of
 > avatar's to user's real names.

Ah ok, I haven't been adding it to my exports, perhaps I should.

 > The avatar is mapped to the username *and* BBS, so the same username
 > posted from a different BBS won't necessarily be the same user and
 > thus not necessarily use the same avatar.

That makes sense. Though at this stage I'm not sure how best to go about
that, particularly for QWK networks.

Right now, what I've done is just take the most recent username / avatar
mapping and update on the disk. So if some apam sends another avatar from
another bbs it will overwrite mine - except locally.

It's not ideal, but if Talisman is displaying incorrect avatars, it's not
going to hurt a Synchronet Setup.

Thanks for your help with this.

Andrew

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