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echo: fmail_help
to: Ozz Nixon
from: Wilfred van Velzen
date: 2019-02-12 21:51:32
subject: Re: Fmail (2018 Questions)

Hi Ozz,

On 2019-02-08 23:04:26, you wrote to you:

 ON>> FMail to me ECHOLIST with new posts via TOSS. And what is the best
 ON>> way

 ON> Realized that could also mean "NEW ECHO LIST"... but,
mainly anything to
 ON> shortcircuit time a BBS needs for "whats new" for users
who actively read
 ON> and write in the echos. I can then accumulate a list of ECHOS by DAY - and
 ON> when a user logs back in - POOF there is almost real-time list of new ECHO
 ON> POSTS, and I can use that for quickly FindNewByUser(UserCRC, UserID) which
 ON> can pull from LastRead - or I could pre-create a list - all about making
 ON> QuickBBS quicker...

Isn't that what the .jlr files in the JAM message base are for? They
contain the last read "pointers" for each user, and they are
updated everytime fmail updates the jam area files, as far as I
remember...?

 ON> Again, thanks! Keep up the work! I have racks of servers with
 ON> different OSes and APPs if you need a test bed, let me know. (I am
 ON> good at finding bugs, and making them too) ;-)

Currently I and the single other test node, only use FMail with Binkly
Style Outbound (BSO), and Golded as editor. And no bbs. So it could use
some testing in other environments...

Bye, Wilfred.

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