Subj : Re: Viable BBS Softs
To   : Shitty
From : g00r00
Date : Mon Nov 23 2020 12:59 pm

 Sh> There are 2 ways to do this that I can think of:
 Sh> 1) Use a flag to catch new users arriving at your primary menu for the
 Sh> firsttime. If they have the new user flag, prompt them to set a newscan
 Sh> date &/orset scan areas, and then remove the flag.

In A47 you will be able to do this:

 + New users now have their default message pointers set based on several one
   of several different options found in New User Settings 1:

   Start Msg Pointers can be set to any of the following:

     First message         : Start at the first message in each base
     Last message          : Start at last/end of messages in each base
     Last (Value) messages : Start at the last X messages of each base
     (Value) days ago      : Start at messages that are X days old.

   The second Value field sets the number of messages or the days old that
   the pointers will be set to depending on the Start Msg Pointers option.

   For example, if Start Msg Pointers is set to "Last (value) messages" and
   value is set to 10, then the user will start at 10 messages back from the
   last message in the base.

   If Start Msg Pointers is set to "(Value) days ago" and value is set to 7
   then the user will start reading messages in each base that are 7 days old
   or newer from the date of their user creation.

   Note that when using any setting other than "First message" then Mystic will
   take some additional time when creating a new user to calculate their
   message pointers. Most will be relatively quick but if are using a large
   number of bases with a large amount of messages, then setting a "Days ago"
   value in particular could take some noticable time to calculate.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/11/22 (Windows/64)
 * Origin: Sector 7 | Mystic WHQ (77:1/138)

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