Subj : msg_area.grp_list.sub_list scan_ptr
To   : Nightfox
From : Digital Man
Date : Mon Apr 29 2024 12:47 pm

 Re: msg_area.grp_list.sub_list scan_ptr
 By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Mon Apr 29 2024 10:46 am

>   Re: msg_area.grp_list.sub_list scan_ptr
>   By: Digital Man to Accession on Sun Apr 28 2024 01:53 pm
>
>  DM> User's msg-scan config and ptrs are stored in data/user/*.subs, so
>  DM> that's where I'd look while trying to diagnose this problem.
>
> Should a message reader be reading the user's scan pointer directly from
> that file?

No.

> I wasn't aware of those files until just recently.  I've always
> been using scan_ptr from msg_area.grp_list.sub_list

That's the correct way. I was just mentioning the .subs files because it might be helpful to diagnose exactly what's happening, but like I said in the previous post, the .subs files arne't updated until user log-off or the &W command is issued.
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