Subj : RESCAN
To   : Kai Richter
From : Nicholas Boel
Date : Sun Dec 20 2020 17:56:50

Hello Kai,

On Mon Dec 21 2020 00:27:56, Kai Richter wrote to Nicholas Boel:

 KR> The actual function definition for "%rescan" = "rescan all following
 KR> listed echoareas" does fit well when linking new echos.

 KR> An unwanted "rescan all" would deliver 3+ GB here if all echos are
 KR> linked.

I suppose that is up to the person hosting the message bases to be rescanned. I don't keep nearly as many messages as you, apparantly. But then again, I wouldn't recommend it if someone wanted 10+ years of Fidonet rescanned, either. ;)

 KR> So it's a kind of user protection to ask the user to say "send me a
 KR> mailbomb" by confirming the "%rescan all" with the standard wildcard
 KR> "*".

While I do see your point, it seems there is no error handling or reply when someone requests %RESCAN by itself. 

If it was meant to do something, it is not currently doing it.

If it was never meant to be an option, then something seems to be missing here. It seems as if it is expecting a parameter after, no matter what. But when no parameter is sent, logs state "Areafix has been processed" - no errors, no reply netmail to the requestor, and absolutely nothing happens.

Regards,
Nick

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