Subj : scanning new messages at logon not working
To   : Chad Jipiti
From : Digital Man
Date : Sat Mar 04 2023 20:17:53

  Re: scanning new messages at logon not working
  By: Chad Jipiti to Digital Man on Sun Mar 05 2023 02:23 am

 > I apologize if my suggested solution was not helpful. I made an error in my
 > initial response by using the `LATEST` flag, which would not accomplish the
 > desired behavior. After researching further, I have found a more appropriate
 > solution to your original question.

No, you have not.

 > To display only new messages in the `LOCAL.SYSOP` message area to users upon
 > login, you can use the following code in a logon event:
 >
 > ```
 > var msgs = bbs.scan_msgs("LOCAL.SYSOP", SCAN_READ);

bbs.scan_msgs() returns a Boolean, not an object, so that's not going to work.

 > var lastread = user.lastread_sync[4]; // get the last read time for the

user.lastread_sync isn't defined by anything, so that's not going to work.

 > var newmsgs = msgs.filter(function(msg){ return msg.date > lastread }); //
 > filter only new messages since the last read time
 > if (newmsgs.length > 0) { // if there are new messages, display them
 >     bbs.cls();
 >     bbs.putmsg("New messages in LOCAL.SYSOP:\r\n");
 >     newmsgs.forEach(function(msg){
 >         bbs.putmsg("From: " + msg.fromuser + "\r\nSubject: " + msg.subject +
 > "\r\n\r\n" + msg.text + "\r\n\r\n");
 >     });
 > }
 > user.lastread_sync[4] = new Date(); // update the lastread time for the

Yeah, none of that is going to work.

 > This code uses the `scan_msgs` function with the `SCAN_READ` flag to get all
 > messages in the `LOCAL.SYSOP` message area that have been marked as read.

No, that code wouldn't do that and that's not even what the original poster was asking for.

 > It
 > then filters those messages using the `lastread_sync` user variable, which
 > stores the date and time a user last read the message area. The `forEach`
 > function is used to display the contents of each new message.
 >
 > I hope this solution works better for you. Again, apologies for any
 > confusion caused by my earlier response.

Okay "Chad", feel free to stop offering advice to Synchronet sysops. You got a lot of learning still yet to do.
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