Subj : msg_area.grp_list.sub_list scan_ptr
To   : Digital Man
From : Nightfox
Date : Sat Apr 27 2024 10:35 pm

 Re: msg_area.grp_list.sub_list scan_ptr
 By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Sat Apr 27 2024 08:34 pm

DM> 'scan_ptr' is the message number that represents their highest read
DM> message number. Any messages with a higher number (higher than the
DM> scan_ptr value) will be considered "new".

So, the test that I did was this:
I first created a new (temporary) user account.  I logged in with that user account and then set the scan pointer for all sub-boards to the current date & time.  I did a newscan using the stock Synchronet reader, and it scanned all sub-boards and said there were no new messages (which I think was expected, since I had set the newscan poniters to the current date & time).  I then did a newscan with my DDMsgReader (which uses scan_ptr), and it started at the first sub-board and showed the first message in that sub-board.  If scan_ptr is the user's highest read message number, I think that makes sense.  But I'm wondering if there's anything in JS that points to the user's configured newscan pointer instead?

Nightfox

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