04 Apr 20 12:14, you wrote to me:

 Ol>> Have you changed your username in Golded?

 RS> I dont believe so, although would it have anything to do with using an
 RS> alias vs not?  Like in fidonet I use my real name and in all the other
 RS> networks I use handle?

If you change your username in Golded, it uses another lastread record. E.g. if
you had "Rick Smith" as a Username and later changed it to "Smooth Rock", all
messages would be shown as unread, because a fresh lastread record would be
created for the new Username. I don't know if Golded uses the global Username
for all areas or the one that is set for the area.


    =====================================================================
    ????????.JLR                                         Lastread storage
    ---------------------------------------------------------------------
    The .JLR file is used to maintain a user's position within a message
    area. The layout of the "lastread" record follows. One record per
    user is required.

    LastRead:
        ulong   UserCRC;         // CRC-32 of user name (lowercase)   (1)
        ulong   UserID;          // Unique UserID
        ulong   LastReadMsg;     // Last read message number
        ulong   HighReadMsg;     // Highest read message number
    end;

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