Subj : Possible bug with bbs.post_msg()
To : Nightfox
From : Corey
Date : Sat Oct 08 2011 02:33 am
Re: Possible bug with bbs.post_msg()
By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Fri Oct 07 2011 11:44 pm
> Subject: Possible bug with bbs.post_msg()
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> Hi DM -
>
> I think I may have found a bug with the bbs object's post_msg() method. If
> pass in a reply header whose "from" property is a blank string, sbbsctrl wil
> crash. I found this in a script I have that lists messages in a sub-board a
> allows the user to select one to read and optionally reply to it. I'm using
> the daily build from September 20.
>
> There's a message that was posted in the Synchronet Discussion sub on Dove-N
> today (October 7) that has a blank "from" name. My script gets a message
> header from MsgBase.get_msg_header(), and in this case, it's "from" name was
> blank; if I select to reply to the message, my script then passes that messa
> header object to bbs.post_msg() (as the 3rd parameter), and at that point, m
> sbbsctrl would crash. I tried it several times to verify the crash and was
> able to reproduce it each time.
>
> My workaround was to make sure the "from" name in the header is set to
> something if it's blank - I set it to "All" in that case. Then, when I pass
> the header object to bbs.post_msg(), "All" becomes the default "To" name for
> my reply, and sbbsctrl doesn't crash.
>
> Nightfox
>
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