-=> On 08-23-14 13:14, mark lewis wrote to Bill McGarrity <=-

Hiya Mark... 

 ml> On Thu, 21 Aug 2014, Bill McGarrity wrote to Nightfox:

 ml> [TRIM]

 BM> I agree, but from what DM said Synch will convert IF your user # is
 BM> 1, which I take it you are.  My issue that I am having right now is
 BM> using SMBUTIL to post a message using those codes and even when I
 BM> use the fix that DM said to use, the -e1 option, still not working
 BM> correctly.

 ml> i think what is being missed is that the conversion of the {at}-codes is
 ml> not done at posting time but at reading time when the message is
 ml> displayed to each user... what you are looking for is that the {at}-codes
 ml> are interpreted at posting time and the results of the interpretation
 ml> are posted instead of the actual {at}-codes... opposite sides of the same
 ml> fence...

At the time of the posting using SMBUTIL, the message should have been
converted when I read it in the specific echo after it was uploaded when I
telnet into the board.  


 ml> maybe you might have to write a conversion tool to convert the codes
 ml> before posting as you are desiring?? basically a template interpreter
 ml> that generates the finalized text file that smbutil will post...

According to Rob, the -e1 switch will do the conversion being it stipulates
that I am the sysop.  No other user has that option.



Bill

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