Subj : POLL not pulling old messages
To   : Jonathan Martin
From : mark lewis
Date : Tue Jan 18 2022 01:51 pm


On 2022 Jan 19 07:46:46, you wrote to g00r00:

JM> Ah that makes sense. I see the default_rescan in the [ImportEchoMail]
JM> section of the mutil ini.. For the ini I was using it's set to the default
JM> of R=250. I'm still new to the architecture here, but my guess is that mis
JM> POLL uses something else to request a rescan.

generally speaking, in FTN networks you have to talk to areafix and tell it to %RESCAN an area... a message to areafix with %HELP should assist more...

i'm not sure what or how QWK might do it other than settings the last scan pointers back...

)\/(ark

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