Re: Message Pointers / Multi-user Access
By: Amessyroom to All on Sun Feb 23 2025 03:37 pm
> How does message pointers work with synchronet bbs? My understanding is
> there is a read pointer and new pointer. But how do the move when a user
> logins in an reads messages, and then returns?
Message pointers are saved when a user logs-off, disconnects, or uses the '&W' c
ommand to save them while logged-on.
> Can a user of synchronet bbs login more than one time, and the pointers keep
> in sync; or if messages are read during a ftelnet session and a synchronet
> telnet sessions; could the pointers get skewed/confused due to multiple
> access under the same account ?
The pointers are read during logon and kept in memory until log-off/disconnect.
A second login can use the '&R' command to reload the message pointers from disk
if they know the other session has read some messages. The last one to log-off/
disconnect will have *their* message pointers saved, but only for the sub-boards
they actually read messages in.
> I've noticed times, when I read messages and I come back a day or two later,
> and the pointer has fallen back to messages I have read.
If you're logging into the terminal server concurrently with the same account, t
hat could explain that.
> Do DDMSGReader and Native Msg reader work similarly ? I assume they are
> using the same pointers, to manage where a user has read to, correct ?
I think so.
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