Subj : scanning new messages at logon not working
To   : All
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Sat Mar 04 2023 13:20:38

Subject: scanning new messages at logon not working
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All,

I'm trying to have a message echo called local.sysop act as a logon bulletin screen. I want users, when logging in, to automatically see new posts in that message area.

I tried creating a door that runs at the logon event, and it calls a javascript file newscan.js that calls bbs.scan_msgs:

bbs.scan_msgs("LOCAL.SYSOP", SCAN_READ);

I'd like the messages to show once. The behavior I'm seeing is that it continues to display the last message in the message area every time I log in.

Is there a way to create a forced newscan of one message area like I'm envisioning?

Or, even better, a way to only display the *last* message in one message area, just once?

Thanks!
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