Subj : scanning new messages at logon not working
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Digital Man
Date : Sun Mar 05 2023 15:51:25

  Re: scanning new messages at logon not working
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to Chad Jipiti on Sun Mar 05 2023 12:03 pm

 > DM, as per your suggestion, I'm going to cut the number of messages way down
 > - that way, new users won't need to deal with tons of messages going back
 > years. Surprisingly, I'm getting a couple of new users a week now.

I like having long histories of messages, but you can explitily set how many days of "new" messages new users will get in SCFG->System->New User Values->Days of New Messages. The default is 0 (no new messages for new users).
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