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  • Get all (old) messages with fidopoll

    From volker@21:1/999 to All on Mon Mar 30 23:16:44 2020
    Hi,

    Last question for the day...

    As it seems I am only getting the most recent messages when I first did a fidopoll.

    Is there a way I can also poll for older messages, let's say up to 90 days
    ago, to fill my echoes with a bit of life?

    Thanks,
    Volker

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Conxtor BBS (21:1/999)
  • From Nitro@21:1/190 to volker on Mon Mar 30 16:34:59 2020
    Is there a way I can also poll for older messages, let's say up to 90
    days ago, to fill my echoes with a bit of life?


    You can send a rescan request through areafix to your hub I believe it
    %rescan, R=50 or however many messages you want to go back..

    Regards,

    Nitro

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/03/26 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Abacus BBS (21:1/190)
  • From Al@21:4/106 to volker on Mon Mar 30 16:45:18 2020
    As it seems I am only getting the most recent messages when I first did a fidopoll.

    Yes, whenever you poll you will only get new messages.

    Is there a way I can also poll for older messages, let's say up to 90 days ago, to fill my echoes with a bit of life?

    Yes, you can do a rescan if you link supports that, and in the case of 21:1/100
    running Mystic it is supported.

    Running a /999 node you may not be able to send netmail to areafix but once you do have a node number you will be able to send a netmail to Areafix at your
    hub and put rescan commands in the message and Areafix will do for you as you ask. To rescan an area you are connected to you would send this to Areafix..

    =rescan FSX_GEN

    Or maybe..

    =rescan FSX_GEN R=500

    to get the last 500 messages. You send messages to areafix at your link with your password on the subject line and commands in the body of the message.

    You can get a help message by netmailing Areafix with "%help" in the body of the message.

    I don't think that will work for the /999 node but you can do that once you get
    a regular node number setup.

    You can look at the help message, it's in your data directory in the file areafixhelp.txt.

    --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-4
    * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (21:4/106)
  • From volker@21:1/999 to Al on Tue Mar 31 00:03:29 2020
    Running a /999 node you may not be able to send netmail to areafix but once you do have a node number you will be able to send a netmail to Areafix at your hub and put rescan commands in the message and Areafix will do for you as you ask. To rescan an area you are connected to you would send this to Areafix..

    =rescan FSX_GEN

    Or maybe..

    =rescan FSX_GEN R=500

    Hi,

    Thanks a lot. I will probably wait until I get my node number, then.

    Regards,
    Volker

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Conxtor BBS (21:1/999)