Subj : Re: msg_area.grp_list.sub_list scan_ptr
To   : Digital Man
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Sun Apr 28 2024 09:15 am

Subject: Re: msg_area.grp_list.sub_list scan_ptr
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-=> Digital Man wrote to Nightfox <=-

 DM> 'scan_ptr' is the message number that represents their highest read
 DM> message number. Any messages with a higher number (higher than the
 DM> scan_ptr value) will be considered "new". --

I think Nightfox is referring to an issue I brought up. I loaded
DDMsgreader on my board and all of the newscan pointers were set to 1 -
when I did a newscan of all boards it started with the first message on
some of the boards. On those boards I manually read the last message by
entering the message number.

I tried using the QWK "set newscan pointers" option to a current date
(yesterday) and the newscan was still starting from #1 on some of the
areas that I hadn't already manually reset.

I put DDMsgreader back on a few days ago, and manually reset any of the
areas that reset to #1. I pulled a couple of QWK packets over the past
few days, and when I did a newscan, 2 of the DOVE echoes newscan
pointers were set to message number 1.

I'm not ruling out an issue on my end - could this be a message board
corruption issue?


 
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