Subj : First-time scan pointer value
To   : Nightfox
From : Digital Man
Date : Sun Aug 07 2016 11:08 am

  Re: First-time scan pointer value
  By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Sat Aug 06 2016 02:33 pm

 >   Re: First-time scan pointer value
 >   By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Sat Aug 06 2016 12:19:17
 >
 >  >> the sub-boards, msg_area.sub[subBoardCode].scan_ptr has a very high
 >  >> value, 4294967295.  I'm not sure if that's valid or not.
 >
 >  DM> It's not a valid message number, but it is a valid pointer value
 >  DM> (0xffffffff) which indicates that user's message scan pointer should
 >  DM> point to the *latest* message number when the msg pointers are save for
 >  DM> the first time (e.g. when a new user logs off). This should only occur:
 >
 >  DM> 1. If you have SCFG->System->New User Values->Days of New Messages set
 >  DM> to 0.
 >  DM> 2. And a new user logs on for the first time
 >
 >  DM> I think the default for "Days of New Messages" is not 0. Did you change
 >  DM> it? 0 is valid, but it means that a new user would see *no* new
 >  DM> messages when they first scan for new messages upon logging as as
 >  DM> "new". I just want to make sure you knew how that worked.
 >
 > My "Days of New Messages" setting is 0.  I may have changed that a long time
 > ago; I don't remember now.

That (0) is actually the default now. So you probably didn't change it. But
before Nov-2015, new users had *all* messages marked as "new" (and scan ptrs
would be initialized to 0).

                                            digital man

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