Subj : Re: MPL docs?
To : PSI-JACK
From : G00R00
Date : Thu Jan 31 2019 07:20 pm
Ps> Well, one thing I'd like to do to start simple is an MPL that allows
Ps> directly posting to a Netmail message base, which /should/ always be
Ps> base 1, and then return the user's active message base backt o what they
Ps> had before the netmail, since currently you can't actually send netmail
Ps> without activating that message base exclusively.
This can absolutely be done with MPL. I am not certain but I think Gryphon
does something like this, and the script I posted yesterday to display a file
whenever someone changes a base shows how it could be done.
The idea is to (if I am not mistaken):
1. Note the current base.
2. Switch to the Netmail base
3. Post to the netmail base
4. Switch back to the original base.
Using what I just posted as a guide, something like:
Uses
User,
MBase;
Const
NetMailBaseNumber = '12'; // Note this is NOT an msg index
Note that "netmail base /should/ always be number 1" is wrong. Mystic
netmail base is not local e-mail. You choose to create a netmail base for all
networks or one for each, so that you can manage access accordingly.
I know you've suggested Mystic should work like Synchronet, and while I
personally prefer that it does too, voting back in the day determined that
people wanted it separated...
With the idea of reading and posting Netmail from a news client, I also would
one again want to move it back but its a big code change right now that would
break what everyone is already doing. The Netmail base number(s) are
whatever you've created.
