Subj : Message new scan with and without /G?
To   : g00r00
From : Bj”rn Wiberg
Date : Tue Jul 27 2021 09:10 pm

Hello again, g00r00!

I have now added the group requirement to all my message areas, including the
local ones. For my Private Messages local area, I have:

Ы Name        і Private Messages (PMs) Ы
Ы Base Type   і Local                             Quote Color  і  Sample     
Ы
Ы Newsgroup   і LOC_PRIVMSGS                      Text Color   і  Sample     
Ы
Ы QWK Name    і LOC_PRIVMSGS                      Tear Color   і  Sample     
Ы
Ы Echo Tag    і                                   Origin Color і  Sample     
Ы
Ы File Name   і LOC_PRIVMSGS                      Kludge Color і  Sample     
Ы
Ы Path        і /mnt/bbs/mystic/msgs/local/       Max Msgs     і 0           
Ы
Ы List ACS    і g1                                Max Msg Age  і 0           
Ы
Ы Read ACS    і g1                                New Scan     і Forced      
Ы
Ы Post ACS    і g1&!fa                            QWK Scan     і Forced      
Ы
Ы Sysop ACS   і s255g1                            Header       і msghead     
Ы
Ы List EACS   і %                                 R Template   і ansimrd     
Ы
Ы             і                                   L Template   і ansimlst    
Ы
Ы Net Address і 0:0/0 (Local Address)             Real Names   і No          
Ы
Ы Export To   і 0 node(s)                         Autosigs     і Yes         
Ы
Ы Origin      і                                   Private      і Yes         
Ы
Ы QWK Network і None                              Pvt Reply    і No          
Ы
Ы QWK Base ID і 0                                 Allow ANSI   і Yes         
Ы

In my prelogin menu, and for (C)heck E-Mail in the Messages Menu, I have:

Command: (MC) Check e-mail
Data: /UNREAD

When it checks for e-mails, I get:

ЪДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДї
і ± PMs                                                                       і
АДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДЩ
 ###### From                          Subject                         Date
 ДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДД
 1      Zip                           Test 1                          07/27/21
 ДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДД
 [ю] You have 27 PMs (1 unread). Read them now?  Yes  No

....but when selecting "Yes", I get:

You don't have access to read in this message area!

End of messages.

....apparently because I was currently standing in:

Group....: FidoNet
Area.....: MYSTIC: Discussion and chat about the Mystic BBS software

I tried adding /G or /GROUP to (MC), but it didn't appear to have any effect,
so probably those flags do not exist for (MC). I couldn't find anything affirmative on the wiki or in whatsnew.txt regarding such flags either.

Is there some way to make this work, allowing it to display new e-mails regardless of the current area?

Or should I skip using the (MC) function and instead rely on my global personal scan instead, i.e.:

Command: (MN) Message new scan
Data: /P /G /NOLR /NOREAD

....as that one appears to have no problems reading the messages (thanks to /G)?

Thanks in advance!

Best regards
Bj”rn

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/07/23 (Linux/64)
 * Origin: Star Collision BBS, Uppsala, Sweden (2:201/137)

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