Subj : Possible bug with bbs.post_msg()
To   : Nightfox
From : Digital Man
Date : Tue Oct 11 2011 06:09 pm

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

 > Hi DM -
 >
 > I think I may have found a bug with the bbs object's post_msg() method.  If
 > you pass in a reply header whose "from" property is a blank string,
 > sbbsctrl will crash.  I found this in a script I have that lists messages
 > in a sub-board and 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-Net 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 message header object to bbs.post_msg() (as the 3rd parameter), and at
 > that point, my 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.

Okay, I've added this bug report to the to-do list.

                                            digital man

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