Subj : Golded & Synchronet E-Mail
To   : Nick Boel
From : Tommi Koivula
Date : Sat Apr 19 2025 11:03 pm

Hello, Nick Boel.
On 19/04/2025 14.15 you wrote:

 NB> Hey Rick! On Sat, Apr 19 2025 06:35:30 -0500, you
 NB> wrote:
 ??>> Do you know what messagebase format the .shd
 ??>> file are? I've tried JAM and OPUS, but no luck
 ??>> reading.
 NB> Not sure if it's documented or not, but the
 NB> format you use is "SMB". So here I'm currently
 NB> using: areadef SYNCMAIL "Synchronet Mail" <group>
 NB> local SMB /path/to/sbbs/data/mail If you're
 NB> currently using mail.ini, then "<group>" can
 NB> probably just be 0 (or make a new group for it so
 NB> it can be displayed first using the
 NB> "AREALISTSORT" keyword). I'm not using mail.ini,
 NB> but instead am including a file using the
 NB> "AREADEF" keyword for every area. I have multiple
 NB> groups configured for each network so I can
 NB> display them in the order I want them. As I said
 NB> before, I've tried "net" instead of local, and
 NB> writing to that area wasn't working properly. You
 NB> can try "local" or "echo" and see if either of
 NB> them work for writing to it, as I haven't tested
 NB> those thoroughly yet. I was hoping "local" might
 NB> work, because it doesn't add anything extra to
 NB> the message that could confuse Synchronet, and
 NB> Synchronet itself should know that that is an
 NB> email/netmail area already, so would/should know
 NB> how to handle the message without Golded's help
 NB> or additions. I just don't know the answer to
 NB> that yet. If none of those options work, then it
 NB> may have to be filed as a bug, needing more
 NB> attention. ;)

I don't know synchronet, but I'd test the keyword AREAISEMAIL in GoldED.


--
 Tommi

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