Subj : imsg on incoming echomail
To   : deon
From : Digital Man
Date : Sat Jan 18 2025 03:10 am

 Re: imsg on incoming echomail
 By: Digital Man to deon on Sat Jan 18 2025 03:04 am

>   Re: imsg on incoming echomail
>   By: deon to Digital Man on Sat Jan 18 2025 08:22 pm
>
>  > Incently, when I manually create data/msgs/0001.msg outside of sync (I've
>  > been copying an old one to data/msgs/0001.msg, it doesnt trigger the
>  > alert - should it? Only when a new one is added to it does.)
>
> If you're logged in, you won't see the message "pop-up" unless the "Message
> Waiting" node status flag is set:
> https://wiki.synchro.net/ref:node_status
>
> You can use the ;msgs command (assuming you're using a command shell that
> supports string commands) to view currently waiting and previously displayed
> short messsages.

Again, I tested and got a short message notification from sbbsecho of received echomail:

� Main � 0:09:20 [3] FidoNet [27] FIDOTEST:

RBB Test Robot sent you EchoMail on FidoNet FIDOTEST

� Private � Telegram, Message, Chat, InterBBS, View, or [Quit]:

... so seems to still be working.
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