Subj : First-time scan pointer value
To   : Digital Man
From : Nightfox
Date : Sat Aug 06 2016 09:27 am

Hi DM,

I've noticed a possible issue with the scan pointer for a new user with
Synchronet 3.17.  The first time a new user starts reading one of the
sub-boards, msg_area.sub[subBoardCode].scan_ptr has a very high value,
4294967295.  I'm not sure if that's valid or not.  I have a message reader mod
I wrote in JavaScript, and it has had trouble accessing messages for new users,
seemingly due to that value of scan_ptr.  I found that I can check for that
value and work around it, but I still wanted to let you know in case that value
is not by design.

I'm running Synchronet for Windows.  I noticed the issue a couple weeks ago.  I
was running the Synchronet build from January 3, 2016, then I updated to the
latest build at the time (July 23) and noticed the issue was still there.

Nightfox

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