Re: Mssg scan weirdness
  By: Digital Man to Hemo on Mon Apr 22 2019 10:26 pm

 >> Running linux version 3.17c, and noticing something odd if I do 
 >> message scan for message to myself.  Main Menu 'S'.
 >> I'll choose to scan all groups, display subjext only, display unread
 >> messages only and it will find and display 3 message subject lines in
 >> this group to me.
 DM> How did you answer the "unread messages only prompt" when you performed
 DM> the second scan?

Always answering Yes to display Unread messages only.

 >> I guess I thought the system might display the entire message, but
 >> the scan doesn't seem to 'hit' on these messages unless I answer Y to
 >> the display subjects only prompt.

 DM> It should. Or at least it's supposed to.

It did this time. sort of.  When loggin in and performing the scan
automatically, I answered No to display subjects only, and your reply in the
FIDO-Net conference displayed the entire message.  The same message in DOVE-Net
did not display.

 DM> The "Display subjects only" prompt should do just that, only display the
 DM> message to/from/subject details and not the entire message header and body
 DM> text. Of course there is quite a different execution path when
 DM> scanning/displaying only subjects like that, so it wouldn't surprise me if
 DM> there was a bug or difference in behavior, but I'm not seeing one.


So, I found that all interesting.  Could it be the way I have DOVE-Net
conference configured, or is there some sort of duplicate thing happening here
that the system 'thinks' it has displayed this message to me, even though it is
in another conference?

Below is some output from now performing the manual S scan from the main menu,
keep in mind the FIDO-Net message has been displayed, but I have not 'read' the
same message in the DOVE-Net conference/Group.  I am clipping all but a couple
conference are names before and after the group that has the message.

<begin paste>

▌ Main ▌ 9:06:07 [4] FIDO-Net [78] SYNC SYSOPS: S

Scan for Messages Posted to You

Sub-board: SYNC SYSOPS, Group: FIDO-Net, or All: A

[v] Display Subjects Only? Yes
[v] Display Unread Messages Only? [Yes] No ▌  Yes
...
[3] DOVE-Net         [16] Synchronet Discussion                          12485
[3] DOVE-Net         [17] Synchronet Sysops Only                         11596
      From                   To                     A Subject
11584 Digital Man            Hemo                   ! Mssg scan weirdness

[3] DOVE-Net         [18] Synchronet Programming (Baja)                   2543
[3] DOVE-Net         [19] Synchronet Programming (JavaScript)             2673
...
<end paste>

Then I do the scan again, this time answering No to display subjects only.

<begin paste>
▌ Main ▌ 9:06:07 [4] FIDO-Net [78] SYNC SYSOPS: S

Scan for Messages Posted to You

Sub-board: SYNC SYSOPS, Group: FIDO-Net, or All: A

[v] Display Subjects Only? No
[v] Display Unread Messages Only? [Yes] No =   Yes
...
DOVE-Net        Synchronet Discussion                        New:    0 of 12630
DOVE-Net        Synchronet Programming (Baja)                New:    0 of 2543
DOVE-Net        Synchronet Programming (JavaScript)          New:    0 of 2710
...
<end paste>

whoah.. I just notice that the area for "Synchronet Sysops Only" isn't even
showing in the listing when I scan and answer 'No' to the 'display subjects
only' prompt.  I had not noticed that detail before.

I am now also curious at the different counts at the right side margin.  Those
numbers appear to sometimes be different based on how I answer to scan, subject
only or not.  When displaying subjects only, I also see the conference/group
number at the left column, but not when answering No to 'display subjects
only'.  Just observations.

I only mentioned this topic in the event it is an issue you think needs
correcting.

thanks,

JH

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