Subj : Re: Mystic on MacOS
To   : g00r00
From : Rick Sanchez
Date : Tue Jan 31 2023 06:44 pm

-=> g00r00 wrote to Rick Sanchez <=-



g0> Gotcha.  There should be a set message date on the message menu and it
g0> works for both QWK and your own BBS last read pointers.

g0> Here is my theory:

g0> When you download a QWK packet, Mystic starts at your last read message
g0> + 1. When the last read was updated, it was setting it as last read +
g0> 1.  When Mystic's message base packer was packing everything, it found
g0> that the last read message was an invalid message number and was
g0> resetting it to 0.

g0> I do think its fixed in the "Paulie" build but we'll see.  I didn't
g0> start with a reproducable issue on my end so I can't be certain.

g0> I've also switched to using a mixture of MultiMail QWK and online
g0> Mystic to see if I can catch the "fixed" version doing the same stuff.
g0> I'll be packing the message bases daily as well.

g0> We'll get it sorted out and a new stable release out once its done and
g0> Paulie confirms any issues he has regarding file bases is okay!

Your description of what you think is happening, does sound very plausible
and was what I was already suspecting was going on.  I shall see what happens
over this next week or two on 20forbeers and see if it doesn't happen again
in about the same amount of time.
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