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   Message 11,344 of 11,842   
   Rick Sanchez to All   
   Re: Mystic on MacOS   
   31 Jan 23 18:44:00   
   
   From: nospam.Rick.Sanchez@f1.n770.z4598.fidonet.org   
      
   -=> g00r00 wrote to Rick Sanchez <=-   
      
      
      
    g0> Gotcha.  There should be a set message date on the message menu and it   
    g0> works for both QWK and your own BBS last read pointers.   
      
    g0> Here is my theory:   
      
    g0> When you download a QWK packet, Mystic starts at your last read message   
    g0> + 1. When the last read was updated, it was setting it as last read +   
    g0> 1.  When Mystic's message base packer was packing everything, it found   
    g0> that the last read message was an invalid message number and was   
    g0> resetting it to 0.   
      
    g0> I do think its fixed in the "Paulie" build but we'll see.  I didn't   
    g0> start with a reproducable issue on my end so I can't be certain.   
      
    g0> I've also switched to using a mixture of MultiMail QWK and online   
    g0> Mystic to see if I can catch the "fixed" version doing the same stuff.   
    g0> I'll be packing the message bases daily as well.   
      
    g0> We'll get it sorted out and a new stable release out once its done and   
    g0> Paulie confirms any issues he has regarding file bases is okay!   
      
   Your description of what you think is happening, does sound very plausible   
   and was what I was already suspecting was going on.  I shall see what happens   
   over this next week or two on 20forbeers and see if it doesn't happen again   
   in about the same amount of time.   
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