Subj : msg_your_scan question
To   : DIGITAL MAN
From : Dumas Walker
Date : Fri Oct 31 2025 10:18:07

>  > Is there a reason that messages downloaded via QWK (by a user and not a QWK
>  > node) are not marked received/read so that they don't later show up in a
>  > msg_your_scan request?

>  > I have recently been trying to read messages on the BBS more, instead of by
>  > QWK, and the msg_your_scan is spitting out messages that are often several
>  > years old and long since read (hopefully!).  OTOH, the msg_new_scan seems t
>  > honor the last read pointers and doesn't show these old messages addressed
>  > to me.

> Assuming you're talking about messages addressed to you (not "All" or someone
> else)...

Correct.

> that sounds like a bug. Bugs filed at
> https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues are more likely to be fixed. :-)

As it has done it for a while, I wanted to verify it was agreed to be a bug
before filing.  Thanks!


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