Re: Message Pointers / Multi-user Access
By: Digital Man to Amessyroom on Sun Feb 23 2025 08:09 pm
>> How does message pointers work with synchronet bbs? My understanding is
>> t
here is a read pointer and new pointer. But how do the move when a user
>> logi
ns in an reads messages, and then returns?
DM> Message pointers are saved when a
user logs-off, disconnects, or uses the
DM> '&W' command to save them while log
ged-on.
>> Can a user of synchronet bbs login more than one time, and the pointe
rs
>> keep in sync; or if messages are read during a ftelnet session and a
>> sy
nchronet telnet sessions; could the pointers get skewed/confused due to
>> multi
ple access under the same account ?
DM> The pointers are read during logon and k
ept in memory until
DM> log-off/disconnect. A second login can use the '&R' comm
and to reload the
DM> message pointers from disk if they know the other session
has read some
DM> messages. The last one to log-off/disconnect will have *their*
message
DM> pointers saved, but only for the sub-boards they actually read mess
ages
DM> in.
Thanks for the explanation. I will try and login from one location w
hen doing mail.
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