All,

I'm trying to have a message echo called local.sysop act as a logon bulletin screen. I want users, when logging in, to automatically see new posts in that message area.

I tried creating a door that runs at the logon event, and it calls a javascript file newscan.js that calls bbs.scan_msgs:

bbs.scan_msgs("LOCAL.SYSOP", SCAN_READ);

I'd like the messages to show once. The behavior I'm seeing is that it continues to display the last message in the message area every time I log in.

Is there a way to create a forced newscan of one message area like I'm envisioning?

Or, even better, a way to only display the *last* message in one message area, just once?

Thanks!
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Re: scanning new messages at logon not working
By: poindexter FORTRAN to All on Sat Mar 04 2023 01:20 pm

Subject: scanning new messages at logon not working
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All,

I'm trying to have a message echo called local.sysop act as a logon bulletin screen. I want users, when logging in, to automatically see new posts in that message area.

I tried creating a door that runs at the logon event, and it calls a javascript file newscan.js that calls bbs.scan_msgs:

bbs.scan_msgs("LOCAL.SYSOP", SCAN_READ);

I'd like the messages to show once. The behavior I'm seeing is that it continues to display the last message in the message area every time I log in.

You'd want to use SCAN_NEW mode then, not SCAN_READ.

Is there a way to create a forced newscan of one message area like I'm envisioning?

I think so.

Or, even better, a way to only display the *last* message in one message area, just once?

No. I would probably just set the max messages for the sub-board to 1 if you only want one message to normally be in there.
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Re: scanning new messages at logon not working
By: Digital Man to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Mar 04 2023 06:07 pm

bbs.scan_msgs("LOCAL.SYSOP", SCAN_READ);

You'd want to use SCAN_NEW mode then, not SCAN_READ.

That did it - thanks! The Javascript reference doesn't show SCAN_NEW as an option. :(
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Re: scanning new messages at logon not working
By: Kurt Weiske to Digital Man on Sat Mar 04 2023 08:59 pm

Re: scanning new messages at logon not working
By: Digital Man to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Mar 04 2023 06:07 pm

bbs.scan_msgs("LOCAL.SYSOP", SCAN_READ);

You'd want to use SCAN_NEW mode then, not SCAN_READ.

That did it - thanks! The Javascript reference doesn't show SCAN_NEW as an option. :(

See the SCAN_* definitions in load/sbbsdefs.js for the mode argument options. --
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Re: scanning new messages at logon not working
By: Digital Man to Chad Jipiti on Sun Mar 05 2023 02:59 am

No, wrong again. You speak with clarify and confidence, but you're wrong. About just about everything.

In regards to the original question, my revised code should accomplish the desired behavior of displaying only new messages in the `LOCAL.SYSOP` message area to users upon login. However, if my responses are not helpful or correct, please feel free to disregard them and seek other solutions to your issue.

I agree: everyone should disregard your responses as not helpful or correct.

Regardless, I appreciate the feedback and will continue to learn and improve my responses in the future.

You're welcome?

I think YOU are just intimidated by the superior ability of THE CHAD.
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Re: scanning new messages at logon not working
By: Digital Man to Chad Jipiti on Sun Mar 05 2023 02:59 am

I apologize again for the errors in my previous responses. As an AI
assistant, my knowledge base and experience come from my programming

So far, I don't think you've gotten anything right.

The responses coming fromthis "Chad" appears to be from an AI chat bot. We're all probably being pranked.

Nightfox

Re: scanning new messages at logon not working
By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Sun Mar 05 2023 03:21 pm

Re: scanning new messages at logon not working
By: Digital Man to Chad Jipiti on Sun Mar 05 2023 02:59 am

I apologize again for the errors in my previous responses. As an AI
assistant, my knowledge base and experience come from my programming

So far, I don't think you've gotten anything right.

The responses coming fromthis "Chad" appears to be from an AI chat bot. We're all probably being pranked.

Yeah, I was falling for it for a little bit and then the name hit me: "Chad Jipiti" :-)
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Re: scanning new messages at logon not working
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Chad Jipiti on Sun Mar 05 2023 12:03 pm

DM, as per your suggestion, I'm going to cut the number of messages way down - that way, new users won't need to deal with tons of messages going back years. Surprisingly, I'm getting a couple of new users a week now.

I like having long histories of messages, but you can explitily set how many days of "new" messages new users will get in SCFG->System->New User Values->Days of New Messages. The default is 0 (no new messages for new users).
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Re: scanning new messages at logon not working
By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Sun Mar 05 2023 03:21 pm

The responses coming fromthis "Chad" appears to be from an AI chat bot. We're all probably being pranked.

I don't know how someone can't see this from the first msg.
there's a lot of blah blah blah and not much substance.
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MRO wrote to Nightfox <=-

The responses coming fromthis "Chad" appears to be from an AI chat bot. We're all probably being pranked.

I don't know how someone can't see this from the first msg.
there's a lot of blah blah blah and not much substance.

It sounds like you and Chad are probably related.


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The responses coming fromthis "Chad" appears to be from an AI chat bot. We're all probably being pranked.

I don't know how someone can't see this from the first msg.
there's a lot of blah blah blah and not much substance.

And that is different from several other past posters here how? :D


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Dumas Walker wrote to MRO <=-

The responses coming fromthis "Chad" appears to be from an AI chat bot. We're all probably being pranked.

I don't know how someone can't see this from the first msg.
there's a lot of blah blah blah and not much substance.

And that is different from several other past posters here how? :D

^^^^

You mis-spelled "current" ---------------------^ ;-)


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The responses coming fromthis Chad appears to be from an AI chat bot. DW>> > Were all probably being pranked.

I dont know how someone cant see this from the first msg.
theres a lot of blah blah blah and not much substance.

And that is different from several other past posters here how? :D

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Re: scanning new messages at
By: Dumas Walker to MRO on Mon Mar 06 2023 04:16 pm

The responses coming fromthis "Chad" appears to be from an AI chat bot. We're all probably being pranked.

I don't know how someone can't see this from the first msg.
there's a lot of blah blah blah and not much substance.

And that is different from several other past posters here how? :D

there have been a few people like that over the years. I think they tried to be conversation starters.

there have been a few guys that would ask questions all the time about setting up synchronet and they didn't even run a bbs. finnigan and millionaire.
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And that is different from several other past posters here how? :D

^^^^

You mis-spelled "current" ---------------------^ ;-)

Oh, yeah, thanks! :D


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