Subj : Lots of empty lines in messages (^M)
To   : All
From : dozo
Date : Mon Apr 28 2025 01:29 pm

Hi all,

I'm running mystic on Linux, v1.12 A48. In my message base I have the issue that some messages have lots of new line characters in them, splitting messages with *a lot* of linefeeds resulting in very large messages. It's not always happening though and as of late, it looks like it's not happening to new messages. 

The linefeeds can be seen when opening the file with vi and they're showing as ^M^M^M etc. I have investigated the issue earlier; other boards don't seem to have the issue for the same message in the same network and area.

I was wondering if I could repair my base or whether it would be possible to manipulate the files by using sed and replace any instance of '^M^M^M' to none (I'm not familiar with the file format and if it is forgiving in that sense).

Any insight appreciated!

Thanks,

|15d|07ozo
|11t|03gv|11b|03bs|08.|11n|03et|08:|082222|08(|07ssh|08)/|082323(|07telnet|08)
|08(|07fsx|08) |0721:1/238   |08(|07agn|08) |0746:20/115
|08(|07tqw|08) |071337:1/117 |08(|07spn|08) |07700:1/117

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
 * Origin: The Global Village ssh://tgvbbs.net:2222 (21:1/238)

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