Subj : Possible bug with bbs.post_msg()
To   : Nightfox
From : Corey
Date : Sat Oct 08 2011 02:33 am

  Re: Possible bug with bbs.post_msg()
  By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Fri Oct 07 2011 11:44 pm

 > Subject: Possible bug with bbs.post_msg()
 > @VIA: DIGDIST
 > @MSGID: <4E8FF139.1151.sync_js@digitaldistortionbbs.com>
 > @TZ: c1e0
 > Hi DM -
 > 
 > I think I may have found a bug with the bbs object's post_msg() method.  If 
 > pass in a reply header whose "from" property is a blank string, sbbsctrl wil
 > crash.  I found this in a script I have that lists messages in a sub-board a
 > allows the user to select one to read and optionally reply to it.  I'm using
 > the daily build from September 20.
 > 
 > There's a message that was posted in the Synchronet Discussion sub on Dove-N
 > today (October 7) that has a blank "from" name.  My script gets a message
 > header from MsgBase.get_msg_header(), and in this case, it's "from" name was
 > blank; if I select to reply to the message, my script then passes that messa
 > header object to bbs.post_msg() (as the 3rd parameter), and at that point, m
 > sbbsctrl would crash.  I tried it several times to verify the crash and was
 > able to reproduce it each time.
 > 
 > My workaround was to make sure the "from" name in the header is set to
 > something if it's blank - I set it to "All" in that case.  Then, when I pass
 > the header object to bbs.post_msg(), "All" becomes the default "To" name for
 > my reply, and sbbsctrl doesn't crash.
 > 
 > Nightfox
 > 

even I work with java. err and pizza.

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