Board:   [WWIVnet] WWIV Development
Subject: wrangling packets... need to learn to wrangle Type-2 msgbase
From:    Xenos #1 @60
Date:    Sun Sep 08, 2024 16:19

so far, i've managed to figure out how to read/write wwiv packets using c or
python and have gotten as far as reading and writing specific packet types to
local for processing by network2.

my next hurdle is reading subs/message bases of type-2. i've gotten as far as
reading the sub files: message.sub and message.dat, extracting the titles,
sender info, and Stored as values. but i can't get past the gatseclen thing...
but i am studying it so i can mess around with it more. i know that we have an
SDK for accessing things, but i don't really grok c++ yet, so i am a bit lost
when it comes to doing it the WWIV 5 way.

i tried reading apam's code for ibol_wwiv but it seems i can't even re-compile
my copy of it, so i'm reading the autosend sources for some ideas. i should
probably go read the old WWIV 4 source, if that's gonna be any help.

i need a nudge in the right direction for grappling with reading/writing type-2
messages... maybe sample code for a stand-alone util that just reads from one
sub, or posts to a sub.

thanks in advance!

-x

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