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    From waldo kitty@1:103/705 to All on Sun Sep 30 19:14:58 2018
    how do i reset my pointers for DOVE-Net General?

    it seems that it wasn't in my configs when i set everything up... i was just told about it (thanks Al!) and added it... then i did a call out but didn't get anything... so i connected to vert with my QWK account and made sure 2001 was in the areas i have selected... i also reset the pointers... or i tried to... i put in 999 or 9999 for all posts... i don't know what the limit is but another call out didn't get anything from General either...

    what have i missed?

    thanks

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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to waldo kitty on Sun Sep 30 17:10:46 2018
    Re: reset QWK pointers
    By: waldo kitty to All on Sun Sep 30 2018 07:14 pm

    how do i reset my pointers for DOVE-Net General?

    You can login to the BBS with your QWKnet account or you can send control messages:
    http://synchro.net/docs/message_section.html#RemoteQWKFunctions

    it seems that it wasn't in my configs when i set everything up... i was just told about it (thanks Al!) and added it...

    That's odd. The DOVE-Net message group is included in the stock message base configuration. Perhaps you deleted the group? Or just that sub-board?

    then i did a call out but didn't
    get anything... so i connected to vert with my QWK account and made sure 2001 was in the areas i have selected... i also reset the pointers... or i tried to... i put in 999 or 9999 for all posts... i don't know what the limit is but another call out didn't get anything from General either...

    what have i missed?

    A log of exactly what you did would help, but yes, you can set/reset scan pointers from the QWK: prompt.

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Digital Man on Mon Oct 1 05:17:20 2018

    On 2018 Sep 30 17:10:46, you wrote to waldo kitty:

    it seems that it wasn't in my configs when i set everything up... i was
    just told about it (thanks Al!) and added it...

    That's odd. The DOVE-Net message group is included in the stock
    message base configuration. Perhaps you deleted the group? Or just
    that sub-board?

    nope, i never went in that section of the configs until Al told me that my General area had no messages and that it is one of the busiest message areas on
    DOVE-Net... i had to actually INSert it at the top of the list... that's the first time i've ever done anything in QWK networking...

    then i did a call out but didn't get anything... so i connected to vert
    with my QWK account and made sure 2001 was in the areas i have
    selected... i also reset the pointers... or i tried to... i put in 999
    or 9999 for all posts... i don't know what the limit is but another
    call out didn't get anything from General either... what have i
    missed?

    A log of exactly what you did would help, but yes, you can set/reset scan pointers from the QWK: prompt.

    i did figure that out and it was a little bit later (maybe 30 minutes or more) when i saw a QWK call out that did pull messages in General... i saw a lot being filtered out... i guess the defaults are to keep those less than 30 days old or less... i dunno... i just haven't been in that section at all because i have other parts i've been concentrating on...

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