Re: newslink can't get messages
  By: Ragnarok to DOVE-Net.Synchronet_Discussion on Sun Jun 14 2020 02:10 pm

 > Hi i just add a new newsgroup to my newslink.cfg file
 > i notice that this group won't retrieve any messages.
 > and see negative number as pointer, All another previously group work fine.
 >
 >
 > Jun 14 14:02:36 scarlet synchronet: evnt NEWSLINK sub: VNEWSDECOMMSO,
 > newsgroup: de.comm.software.crosspoint
 > Jun 14 14:02:36 scarlet synchronet: evnt NEWSLINK VNEWSDECOMMSO.ini
 > export ptr: 0
 > Jun 14 14:02:36 scarlet synchronet: evnt NEWSLINK VNEWSDECOMMSO.ini
 > import ptr: -9223372036854775808
 > Jun 14 14:02:37 scarlet synchronet: evnt NEWSLINK
 > de.comm.software.crosspoint import ptr: -9223372036854775808, first_msg:
 > 2446, last_msg: 2550
 >
 > my config:
 >
 > SERVER nntp.aioe.org
 > AREA VNEWSC.L.PYTH comp.lang.python
 > AREA VNEWSCOMPOSLX comp.os.linux
 > AREA VNEWSALT.BBS  alt.bbs
 > AREA VNEWSALTBBSAS alt.bbs.allsysop
 > AREA VNEWSALTMAJOR alt.bbs.majorbbs
 > AREA VNEWSSOCARGEN soc.culture.argentina
 > AREA VNEWSALTCULAR alt.culture.argentina
 > AREA VNEWSALTBBSLI alt.bbs.lists
 > AREA VNEWSALTGAMP2 alt.games.video.sony-playstation2
 > AREA VNEWSTALK.BIZ talk.bizarre
 > AREA VNEWSCOMP4DOS comp.os.msdos.4dos
 > AREA VNEWSCOMPDJGP comp.os.msdos.djgpp
 > AREA VNEWSCOMP2MIS comp.os.msdos.misc
 > AREA VNEWSCOMPPROG comp.os.msdos.programmer
 > AREA VNEWSMICDOS   microsoft.public.basic.dos
 > AREA VNEWSDECOMMSO de.comm.software.crosspoint
 >
 > any idea to solve it?

Edit the .ini file for that message area in data/subs.

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