I guess I need to download and see for myself, but when you run newslink and the messages go into the different areas, can you .qwk download them to read in multimail? Do I need to make them qwk in the configuration.
Or am I limited to go through the news interface on the webserver to read the usenet messages? I mean, I have tbird, I don't have to go through the BBS, but I think it's a cool dealio.

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I guess I need to download and see for myself, but when you run newslink

and

the messages go into the different areas, can you .qwk download them to

read

in multimail?

IIRC, for multimail, you download a .qwk packet then navigate to that packet within multimail, once you have replied to any messages it will create a .rep which you need to upload to the board ... it is an old school program, certainly there are more modern inplications, Do I need to make them qwk in the
configuration.

Or am I limited to go through the news interface on the webserver to read the usenet messages? I mean, I have tbird, I don't have to go through the BBS, but I think it's a cool dealio.

Tbird is an option, as are a myriad of other NNTP readers, personally, I mostly
use the web ui for simplicity sake, either that or via telnet/ssh to the board

So, in short, no you are not limited

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Re: newslink
By: Grease to All on Thu Oct 10 2019 01:36 pm

I guess I need to download and see for myself, but when you run newslink

and

the messages go into the different areas, can you .qwk download them to

read

in multimail?

Yes.

Do I need to make them qwk in the configuration.

No.

Or am I limited to go through the news interface on the webserver to read the usenet messages?

No. All message areas can be downloaded via QWK or NNTP, as you (or you users) like.

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On 10-10-19 19:21, Mortifis wrote to Grease <=-

I guess I need to download and see for myself, but when you run newslink

and

the messages go into the different areas, can you .qwk download them to

read

in multimail?

IIRC, for multimail, you download a .qwk packet then navigate to that packet within multimail, once you have replied to any messages it will create a .rep which you need to upload to the board ... it is an old school program, certainly there are more modern inplications, Do I need
to make them qwk in the configuration.

No, the QWK in the area setup is for QWK networking. That only needs to be set
if you're feeding other boards via QWK (i.e. gating from NNTP to QWK and vice versa). It's NOT required for users to access areas using a QWK reader.


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On 10-10-19 19:21, Mortifis wrote to Grease <=-

I guess I need to download and see for myself, but when you run newslink and the messages go into the different areas, can you .qwk download them to read in multimail?

IIRC, for multimail, you download a .qwk packet then navigate to that packet within multimail, once you have replied to any messages it will create a .rep which you need to upload to the board ... it is an old school program, certainly there are more modern inplications, Do I

need

to make them qwk in the configuration.

No, the QWK in the area setup is for QWK networking. That only needs to be set if you're feeding other boards via QWK (i.e. gating from NNTP to QWK

and

vice versa). It's NOT required for users to access areas using a QWK reader.

Either you misunderstood his question or my answer. I use MM at times, but it does not have a function to log onto an nntp or BBS, you need to download a qwk
packet manually and point MM to it's location, and when you post/reply it generates a .rep which you need to manually upload by some means other than multimail

(yes you are correct, SBBS automagically assigns qwk dynamic fast allocation to
each message area and sub, and like every other message area a user can set message scans and such)

an NNTP news reader like he uses, or Claws Mail that I use at times on my RPi does login up/down load qwk/rep as does the web ui for SBBS but multimail requires manual up/down using a telnet/ssh or other login client

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Mortifis wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

On 10-10-19 19:21, Mortifis wrote to Grease <=-

I guess I need to download and see for myself, but when you run newslink and the messages go into the different areas, can you .qwk download them to read in multimail?

Either you misunderstood his question or my answer. I use MM at times, but it does not have a function to log onto an nntp or BBS, you need to download a qwk packet manually and point MM to it's location, and when you post/reply it generates a .rep which you need to manually upload by some means other than multimail

(yes you are correct, SBBS automagically assigns qwk dynamic fast allocation to each message area and sub, and like every other message
area a user can set message scans and such)

an NNTP news reader like he uses, or Claws Mail that I use at times on
my RPi does login up/down load qwk/rep as does the web ui for SBBS but multimail requires manual up/down using a telnet/ssh or other login
client

I guess I did not phrase my question correctly. I log onto my bbs and
download a .qwk packet. Then read messages offline. I didn't know if I
needed to set up the newgroup areas as a qwk also on the bbs to be able to
read them in multi mail.

You did answer another question though and that was to set the newsgroup
areas as either static or dynamic (thanks!)

I was just trying to see if I could read and reply to all messages on my
board from one place (MM)

I don't have any yet that have been tossed into the bbs. Don't know if
Synch connected to my newslink or not. I was watching the Astros last night, and so I'll ahve to see tonight.

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On 10-11-19 08:55, Mortifis wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

Either you misunderstood his question or my answer. I use MM at times, but it does not have a function to log onto an nntp or BBS, you need to download a qwk packet manually and point MM to it's location, and when you post/reply it generates a .rep which you need to manually upload by some means other than multimail

Oddly enough, your answer doesn't seem to correspond well with my reply. We're
obviously on different wavelengths. :D

(yes you are correct, SBBS automagically assigns qwk dynamic fast allocation to each message area and sub, and like every other message
area a user can set message scans and such)

That's not what I was talking about.

an NNTP news reader like he uses, or Claws Mail that I use at times on
my RPi does login up/down load qwk/rep as does the web ui for SBBS but multimail requires manual up/down using a telnet/ssh or other login
client

As newslink.js is used by SBBS to import articles from a NNTP server, and the QWK networked setting is used to designate areas networked via QWK, this bringing up of client side issues is puzzling. :)


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On 10-11-19 12:51, Grease wrote to Mortifis <=-

I guess I did not phrase my question correctly. I log onto my bbs and download a .qwk packet. Then read messages offline. I didn't know if I needed to set up the newgroup areas as a qwk also on the bbs to be able
to read them in multi mail.

All you need to do is make sure the areas are turned on when you login and go to the QWK menu. You do not need to alter any of the area settings.

You did answer another question though and that was to set the
newsgroup areas as either static or dynamic (thanks!)

I'd use dynamic for everything except areas that you're a QWK hub for (which doesn't apply in your case). So for you, all area/conference numbers should be
dynamic.

I was just trying to see if I could read and reply to all messages on
my board from one place (MM)

Yeah just make sure they're included in your QWK packets. :)

I don't have any yet that have been tossed into the bbs. Don't know if Synch connected to my newslink or not. I was watching the Astros last night, and so I'll ahve to see tonight.

Well, once you have news articles coming in, enjoy. :)


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I guess I did not phrase my question correctly. I log onto my bbs and download a .qwk packet. Then read messages offline. I didn't know if I
needed to set up the newgroup areas as a qwk also on the bbs to be able to read them in multi mail.

I believe that areas are QWK download/upload for users by default on synchronet. You do not need to turn the QWK networking on for that area
unless you also plan to share it with other boards via QWK.

So, if it is a newsgroup your BBS is receiving by NNTP, you should be able to participate as a user using QWK offline readers without setting the QWK networking to Y.

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Tony Langdon wrote to Grease <=-

Well, once you have news articles coming in, enjoy. :)

Thanks!

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On 10-12-19 09:30, Mike Powell wrote to GREASE <=-

So, if it is a newsgroup your BBS is receiving by NNTP, you should be
able to participate as a user using QWK offline readers without setting the QWK networking to Y.

Yes, I was trying to make the same point, but it seemed to cause confusion. :)


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I believe that areas are QWK download/upload for users by default on synchronet. You do not need to turn the QWK networking on for that
area unless you also plan to share it with other boards via QWK.

So, if it is a newsgroup your BBS is receiving by NNTP, you should be
able to participate as a user using QWK offline readers without setting the QWK networking to Y.

Cool. That is what I was needing to know.
Newslink.js and .cfg brings them in and processes them into the areas.
I can qwk download them and read and reply offline via multi mail

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Cool. That is what I was needing to know.
Newslink.js and .cfg brings them in and processes them into the areas.
I can qwk download them and read and reply offline via multi mail

Correct! :)

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Mike Powell wrote to GREASE <=-

Cool. That is what I was needing to know.
Newslink.js and .cfg brings them in and processes them into the areas.
I can qwk download them and read and reply offline via multi mail

Correct! :)

I've got newgroup messages in my qwk download this morning! It's working!

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I basically copied the wiki to see if I can get this to work. Not successful at all. As you can see, I can connect but it won't get the messagebase. Here is my log of the transaction.
Thank you for your help!

NEWSLINK Running native timed event: NEWSLINK
NEWSLINK Synchronet NewsLink 1.114 session started
NEWSLINK server: news.eternal-september.org
NEWSLINK Connecting to news.eternal-september.org port 563 ...
NEWSLINK Connected
NEWSLINK Negotiating TLS
NEWSLINK Authenticating...
NEWSLINK Authenticated
NEWSLINK Scanning 0 message bases...
NEWSLINK !JavaScript /home/sbbs/sbbs/exec/newslink.js line 390: Error: Unrecognized msgbase code: USENET_ALLSYSOP
NEWSLINK Timed event: NEWSLINK returned -1

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Re: newslink
By: Grease to All on Tue Nov 12 2024 06:46 pm

I basically copied the wiki to see if I can get this to work. Not successful at all. As you can see, I can connect but it won't get the messagebase. Here is my log of the transaction.
Thank you for your help!

NEWSLINK Running native timed event: NEWSLINK
NEWSLINK Synchronet NewsLink 1.114 session started
NEWSLINK server: news.eternal-september.org
NEWSLINK Connecting to news.eternal-september.org port 563 ...
NEWSLINK Connected
NEWSLINK Negotiating TLS
NEWSLINK Authenticating...
NEWSLINK Authenticated
NEWSLINK Scanning 0 message bases...
NEWSLINK !JavaScript /home/sbbs/sbbs/exec/newslink.js line 390: Error: Unrecognized msgbase code: USENET_ALLSYSOP
NEWSLINK Timed event: NEWSLINK returned -1

Do you have a message area configured in SCFG->Message Areas with an internal code of USENET_ALLSYSOP? If not, then you need to create that first. Step 3 at https://wiki.synchro.net/module:newslink
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Grease wrote to All <=-

I basically copied the wiki to see if I can get this to work. Not successful at all. As you can see, I can connect but it won't get the messagebase. Here is my log of the transaction. Thank you for your
help!

NEWSLINK Running native timed event: NEWSLINK
NEWSLINK Synchronet NewsLink 1.114 session started
NEWSLINK server: news.eternal-september.org
NEWSLINK Connecting to news.eternal-september.org port 563 ...
NEWSLINK Connected
NEWSLINK Negotiating TLS
NEWSLINK Authenticating...
NEWSLINK Authenticated
NEWSLINK Scanning 0 message bases...
NEWSLINK !JavaScript /home/sbbs/sbbs/exec/newslink.js line 390: Error: Unrecognized msgbase code: USENET_ALLSYSOP NEWSLINK Timed event:
NEWSLINK returned -1

From looking at the next-to-last line above, my guess is that you
haven't defined what newsgroups you want, with the 'AREA' keyword in
your ../ctrl/newslink.cfg file; and/or you haven't defined that message
area name in SCFG.



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Re: newslink
By: Digital Man to Grease on Tue Nov 12 2024 09:47 pm

Do you have a message area configured in SCFG->Message Areas with an internal code of USENET_ALLSYSOP? If not, then you need to create that first. Step 3 at https://wiki.synchro.net/module:newslink

Yes.
Long Name: alt.bbs.allsysop
Short Name: alt.bbs.allsysop
Internal Code: USENET_ALLSYSOP
Newsgroup Name: alt.bbs.allsysop

Just like step 3 in wiki.synchro.net/module:newslink

My newslink.cfg has:

AREA USENET_ALLSYSOP alt.bbs.allsysop nb /home/sbbs/sbbs/data/dirs/sysop

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Re: Re: newslink
By: Gamgee to Grease on Wed Nov 13 2024 07:25 am

From looking at the next-to-last line above, my guess is that you
haven't defined what newsgroups you want, with the 'AREA' keyword in your ../ctrl/newslink.cfg file; and/or you haven't defined that message area name in SCFG.

I have. I only have the one as I am testing. but this is the AREA line:

AREA USENET_ALLSYSOP alt.bbs.allsysop nb /home/sbbs/sbbs/data/dirs/sysop

I basicall cut and pasted what was in the wiki. The only thing different,
was I took out the "i" in the newslink.cfg example.

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Re: newslink
By: Grease to Digital Man on Wed Nov 13 2024 09:27 am

Re: newslink
By: Digital Man to Grease on Tue Nov 12 2024 09:47 pm

Do you have a message area configured in SCFG->Message Areas with an internal code of USENET_ALLSYSOP? If not, then you need to create that first. Step 3 at https://wiki.synchro.net/module:newslink

Yes.
Long Name: alt.bbs.allsysop
Short Name: alt.bbs.allsysop
Internal Code: USENET_ALLSYSOP
Newsgroup Name: alt.bbs.allsysop

Just like step 3 in wiki.synchro.net/module:newslink

My newslink.cfg has:

AREA USENET_ALLSYSOP alt.bbs.allsysop nb /home/sbbs/sbbs/data/dirs/sysop

Are you sure that's the internal code? If the sub-board is in a library with an "internal code prefix", that prefix is automatically added, so I want to make sure you don't actually have a internal code such as USENET_USENET_ALLSYSOP or some other madness.

One way to check/confirm this is with the 'exportcfg.js' script, e.g.:

jsexec exportcfg msg-subs -grp=USENET
...
3 4 127 4 USENET usenet_allsysop
...

as an example.
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Re: newslink
By: Digital Man to Grease on Wed Nov 13 2024 10:44 pm

One way to check/confirm this is with the 'exportcfg.js' script, e.g.: jsexec exportcfg msg-subs -grp=USENET
...
3 4 127 4 USENET usenet_allsysop ...

as an example.

0 5 100 5 USENET usenet_allsysop alt.bbs.allsysop alt.bbs.allsysop ALLSYSOP ALT.BBS.ALLSYSOP alt.bbs.allsysop REST NOT G /sbbs/data/subs/ 954:200/56 Dark Matter BBS. darkmatt.synchro.net. Kurten, TXSynchronet | Dark Matter BBS | darkmatt.synchro.net | Kurten, TX.69107715 100 0 0 1000 180 196612 0 true true true true false 0
/home/sbbs/sbbs/repo/exec/exportcfg.js executed in 0.01 seconds

I copied and pasted from the CLI after I ran the above. The only thing I see, is in newslink.cfg usenet_allsysop is in allcap. The rest looks like what I have setup in SCFG.
The other thing I see is a network address of 954:200/56, which is for
Hobbynet which shows as my main Fido type network.

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HealthNet: 999:1/6
tqwNet: 1337:3/208

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Grease wrote to Digital Man <=-

One way to check/confirm this is with the 'exportcfg.js' script, e.g.: jsexec exportcfg msg-subs -grp=USENET
...
3 4 127 4 USENET usenet_allsysop ...
as an example.

0 5 100 5 USENET usenet_allsysop alt.bbs.allsysop alt.bbs.allsysop ALLSYSOP ALT.BBS.ALLSYSOP alt.bbs.allsysop REST NOT G /sbbs/data/subs/ 954:200/56 Dark Matter BBS. darkmatt.synchro.net. Kurten, TXSynchronet

| Dark Matter BBS | darkmatt.synchro.net | Kurten, TX.69107715 100 0 0 1000 180

196612 0 true true true true false 0 /home/sbbs/sbbs/repo/exec/exportcfg.js executed in 0.01 seconds

I copied and pasted from the CLI after I ran the above. The only thing
I see, is in newslink.cfg usenet_allsysop is in allcap. The rest looks like what I have setup in SCFG.
The other thing I see is a network address of 954:200/56, which is for Hobbynet which shows as my main Fido type network.

You should not have any FTN address visible in there. In the Network
Options for those USENET sub-boards, you need to have the "Internet (UUCP/NNTP)" choice set to YES, and the "FidoNet Echomail" set to NO.



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Re: newslink
By: Grease to Digital Man on Fri Nov 15 2024 09:30 am

Re: newslink
By: Digital Man to Grease on Wed Nov 13 2024 10:44 pm

One way to check/confirm this is with the 'exportcfg.js' script, e.g.: jsexec exportcfg msg-subs -grp=USENET
...
3 4 127 4 USENET usenet_allsysop ...

as an example.

0 5 100 5 USENET usenet_allsysop alt.bbs.allsysop alt.bbs.allsysop ALLSYSOP ALT.BBS.ALLSYSOP alt.bbs.allsysop REST NOT G /sbbs/data/subs/ 954:200/56 Dark Matter BBS. darkmatt.synchro.net. Kurten, TXSynchronet | Dark Matter BBS | darkmatt.synchro.net | Kurten, TX.69107715 100 0 0 1000 180 196612 0 true true true true false 0
/home/sbbs/sbbs/repo/exec/exportcfg.js executed in 0.01 seconds

I copied and pasted from the CLI after I ran the above. The only thing I see, is in newslink.cfg usenet_allsysop is in allcap. The rest looks like what I have setup in SCFG.

That looks fine. The capitalization of the internal code shouldn't matter. I tested this myself:

$ jsexec newslink

JSexec v3.20a-Linux master/87b22bda8 Debug - Execute Synchronet JavaScript Module
Compiled Nov 15 2024 12:21 with GCC 12.2.0

Loading configuration files from /sbbs/ctrl
JavaScript-C 1.8.5 2011-03-31
JavaScript: Creating runtime: 16777216 bytes

Reading script from /sbbs/exec/newslink.js
/sbbs/exec/newslink.js compiled in 0.00 seconds
Synchronet NewsLink 1.2 session started
server: news.astraweb.com
Connecting to news.astraweb.com port 119 ...
Connected
Authenticating...
Authenticated
Scanning message bases...
sub: usenet_allsysop, newsgroup: alt.bbs.allsysop
usenet_allsysop.ini export ptr: 1501
usenet_allsysop.ini import ptr: 2711
alt.bbs.allsysop import ptr: 2711, first_msg: 2, last_msg: 2711
Synchronet NewsLink 1.2 session complete (0 exported, 0 imported) /sbbs/exec/newslink.js executed in 0.76 seconds

and then in ALL-CAPS:

...
Reading script from /sbbs/exec/newslink.js
/sbbs/exec/newslink.js compiled in 0.00 seconds
Synchronet NewsLink 1.2 session started
server: news.astraweb.com
Connecting to news.astraweb.com port 119 ...
Connected
Authenticating...
Authenticated
Scanning message bases...
sub: USENET_ALLSYSOP, newsgroup: alt.bbs.allsysop
USENET_ALLSYSOP.ini export ptr: 1501
USENET_ALLSYSOP.ini import ptr: 2711
alt.bbs.allsysop import ptr: 2711, first_msg: 2, last_msg: 2711
Synchronet NewsLink 1.2 session complete (0 exported, 0 imported) /sbbs/exec/newslink.js executed in 1.03 seconds

The other thing I see is a network address of 954:200/56, which is for Hobbynet which shows as my main Fido type network.

The FTN address doesn't matter since it's not used for a non-FTN sub-board.
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Re: Re: newslink
By: Gamgee to Grease on Fri Nov 15 2024 03:39 pm

You should not have any FTN address visible in there. In the Network Options for those USENET sub-boards, you need to have the "Internet (UUCP/NNTP)" choice set to YES, and the "FidoNet Echomail" set to NO.

That's normal and not a problem. Safe to ignore it.
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Re: Re: newslink
By: Gamgee to Grease on Fri Nov 15 2024 03:39 pm

You should not have any FTN address visible in there. In the Network Options for those USENET sub-boards, you need to have the "Internet (UUCP/NNTP)" choice set to YES, and the "FidoNet Echomail" set to NO.

That's normal and not a problem. Safe to ignore it.

Okay, I'm assuming you mean it's normal to see an FTN address in there,
but doesn't a Usenet newsgroup still have to have the two selections I mentioned above set that way?



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Re: Re: newslink
By: Gamgee to Digital Man on Fri Nov 15 2024 08:45 pm

Digital Man wrote to Gamgee <=-

Re: Re: newslink
By: Gamgee to Grease on Fri Nov 15 2024 03:39 pm

You should not have any FTN address visible in there. In the Network Options for those USENET sub-boards, you need to have the "Internet (UUCP/NNTP)" choice set to YES, and the "FidoNet Echomail" set to NO.

That's normal and not a problem. Safe to ignore it.

Okay, I'm assuming you mean it's normal to see an FTN address in there,
but doesn't a Usenet newsgroup still have to have the two selections I mentioned above set that way?

Yes, and he did.
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Re: Re: newslink
By: Gamgee to Grease on Fri Nov 15 2024 03:39 pm

You should not have any FTN address visible in there. In the Network Options for those USENET sub-boards, you need to have the "Internet (UUCP/NNTP)" choice set to YES, and the "FidoNet Echomail" set to NO.

It is. BUT... I cannot delete the FTN from the box. It gives me three
choices (my FTN links) and no blank space. Weird.

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Re: newslink
By: Digital Man to Grease on Fri Nov 15 2024 02:36 pm

That looks fine. The capitalization of the internal code shouldn't matter. I tested this myself:
$ jsexec newslink

Okay. So I must have something someplace else not right. I'll keep looking.

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Re: newslink
By: Grease to Digital Man on Sat Nov 16 2024 08:21 am

Re: newslink
By: Digital Man to Grease on Fri Nov 15 2024 02:36 pm

That looks fine. The capitalization of the internal code shouldn't matter. I tested this myself:
$ jsexec newslink

Okay. So I must have something someplace else not right. I'll keep looking.

Did you try running it via jsexec as I've shown?
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Re: newslink
By: Digital Man to Grease on Sat Nov 16 2024 10:29 am

Did you try running it via jsexec as I've shown?
Did you try running it via jsexec as I've shown?
Did you try running it via jsexec as I've shown?
Did you try running it via jsexec as I've shown?
Did you try running it via jsexec as I've shown?
Did you try running it via jsexec as I've shown?
Did you try running it via jsexec as I've shown?

This is what I got:

JSexec v3.20a-Linux master/1b6d5846a - Execute Synchronet JavaScript Module Compiled Nov 15 2024 10:12 with GCC 11.4.0

Loading configuration files from /sbbs/ctrl
JavaScript-C 1.8.5 2011-03-31
JavaScript: Creating runtime: 167772160 bytes

Reading script from /sbbs/exec/newslink.js
/sbbs/exec/newslink.js compiled in 0.00 seconds
Synchronet NewsLink 1.2 session started
server: news.eternal-september.org
Connecting to news.eternal-september.org port 563 ...
Connected
Negotiating TLS
Authenticating...
Authenticated
Scanning message bases...
sub: USENET_ALLSYSOP, newsgroup: alt.bbs.allsysop
USENET_ALLSYSOP.ini export ptr: 0
USENET_ALLSYSOP.ini import ptr: -9223372036854775808
alt.bbs.allsysop import ptr: -9223372036854775808, first_msg: 756, last_msg: 758
Synchronet NewsLink 1.2 session complete (0 exported, 0 imported) /sbbs/exec/newslink.js executed in 4.16 seconds

JavaScript: Destroying context
JavaScript: Destroying runtime

So I guess it working?

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Re: newslink
By: Grease to Digital Man on Sun Nov 17 2024 04:04 pm

Did you try running it via jsexec as I've shown?

This is what I got:

sub: USENET_ALLSYSOP, newsgroup: alt.bbs.allsysop
USENET_ALLSYSOP.ini export ptr: 0
USENET_ALLSYSOP.ini import ptr: -9223372036854775808
alt.bbs.allsysop import ptr: -9223372036854775808, first_msg: 756, last_msg: 758

So I guess it working?

Yes. At least jsexec is recognizing that sub-code. So I'm guessing you haven't recycled your terminal server (where the event thread runs) since adding that sub in SCFG, so it hasn't reloaded the msgs.ini file to "know" about. Normally, servers automatically reload when saving changes in SCFG, so you should look into that, if that's the problem.

The other possibility is that you have multiple ctrl directories with different msgs.ini files in one. The msgs.ini file that jsexec loaded obviously has the USENET_ALLSYSOP sub-board in it, while the one loaded by sbbs (if different) does not.

And then there's that import ptr. That's not normal. Take a look at the data/subs/usenet_allsysop.ini file (should be lowercase). Is there an import_ptr defined in there? I'm not sure what would cause that crazy value - I'd normally expect it to start at (default to) 0.
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