Subj : Message Pointers
To   : digital man
From : Dumas Walker
Date : Sun Jul 13 2025 09:16:06

A user has reported an issue with message pointers.  They are downloading QWK
packets.  I also read most of my mail via QWK and have not noticed an issue.
My system info:

Synchronet BBS for Linux Version 3.20a
Revision a Apr 27 2024 09:49 SMBLIB 3.00 GCC 12.2.0
JavaScript-C 1.8.5 2011-03-31
GLIBC 2.36
Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)

I have not had any reason to restore from backups in a while (knock on wood).

Here is there message:

For some reason your board loses me from time to time. It seems random.
What happens is I'll log on, grab my packet and find nothing in it.
Mostly.

This morning I logged on, downloaded my packet and the only echo to
which I was subscribed was "F1" which is a fantasy league for Formula
One racing.

So I went thru the list and re-upped all of my usuals then logged back
in and uploaded those plus the prepared packet for Cooking that I had
ready. Then downloaded the result. Needless to say the last-read
pointers had all been reset to zero when they fell off the list - so it
was a mighty packet.  

Today's episode is the fourth in the past few weeks and it's beginning
to get old. So, I thought I'd speak up in case it is fixable from your
end or points to a deeper problem in your software.  Have a sterling
day.
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