BW> * FTP uploads appear to corrupt the file base. If I scroll down the
 BW> listing   (from the BBS) I see garbage like:

I am not able to reproduce this one at least not in Windows.

 BW> * When creating a new user from within the User Editor, the Taglines
 BW> setting   appears to always be set to Ask instead of following the
 BW> Configuration -->   New User Settings 2 --> Taglines setting.

This should be fixed in today's build.

 BW> * When a new user is created (from the User Editor or by the BBS), the
 BW> Start   Menu setting appears to be copied from the value given by
 BW> Configuration -->   General Settings Start Menu (prelogin in my case)
 BW> instead of being empty   (letting the current security level's Start
 BW> Menu setting or the   Configuration --> General Settings --> Start Menu
 BW> value apply automatically   on each login).

This should be fixed.  It will now keep them blank for new users, which will cause it to pull from the security profile first, then the default if the user does not have a specific menu setup.

 BW> * When a user sends an e-mail to another user, a system notification is
 BW>   generated (prompts #179 + #465 + #180), i.e., Mystic will announce the
 BW> fact   that an e-mail has been received to the receiving user. However,
 BW> if the   receiving user has node message availability (user setting 18)
 BW> turned off,   prompt #395 is displayed to the sending user, which he/she

This should be fixed in latest!

 BW> * When a user launches a private chat (the NP command) and is prompted to
 BW>   select the node to chat with (prompt #479), hitting Enter to
 BW> leave/cancel   displays prompt #480. My suggestion would be that if the
 BW> user enters an   empty value (or a value containing whitespace only),
 BW> Mystic should simply   quit the command without displaying prompt #480.

Your suggestion should be in the latest build!

 BW> * When logging in with a QWK account and choosing (S) to select the
 BW> bases to   scan/include, i.e., (OS) with Data: /ALLGROUPS /QWKNET, the
 BW> message base   numbering in the list does not appear to match what it
 BW> expects me to enter.   I have Configuration --> Message Base Settings

All of the new scan settings bugs for QWK and regular users should be fixed up in the latest build.  Please let me know if you still have issues with any of
them with compression on or off.

 BW> * If leaving the Packet ID field for my "local" QWK network empty, the
 BW>   resulting FTP file name is ".qwk" (".qwk"). The whatsnew.txt

The CFG will now require a packet ID to be non-blank when configuring a QWK Network.

 BW> * Accounts which have "Locked Out: Yes" can still access Mystic via FTP,
 BW>   SMTP, POP3 and NNTP. I would have expected them not to be able to do
 BW> that.

This should be fixed in the latest build.

 BW> * OV in "FTP ACS" for a file base always returns false even though an
 BW> account   *is* correctly validated.

Fixed in latest!

 BW> * baduser.txt mentions that "The list should contain a single name per
 BW> line   and can include a * wildcard", but I can't get wildcard to work.

I believe the issue was that it was case sensitive.  I have not tested this one yet, but it should possibly be fixed in the latest.

 BW> * In a private (user2user) chat, if one user hangs up, the chat
 BW> continues and   the remaining party does not get notified of this.

Should be fixed!

 BW> * When using the snoop (*3) function, if the user on the selected node
 BW> isn't   available for node messages, one gets prompt #395. Shouldn't
 BW> snooping be   available regardless of the node messaging availability
 BW> status? As one   cannot interact with the user (as with NodeSpy).

I think the reason I did it this way is because in some operating systems or door setups (for example in Windows when using DOOR32 doors) snooping doesn't work.  I'll change this.

 BW> * More detailed logging of scanning results for FTP upploads.
 BW>   Currently:

This should be in the latest build.

As far as the rest of them I still need to look into them but almost everything you mentioned or suggested should be addressed in the latest build!

... Redundant book title: DOS For Dummies

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 2022/07/07 (Windows/32)