IE: A "you've got new email" message when you log in.
Hey DM,
I've noticed with 3.19, and now 3.20, that when an email comes in (SMTP), and I am not logged in - I get no notice that there is an email there waiting for me (like you receive with echomail and netmail).
I thought it used to happen, but I could be mistaken.
When I am logged in, I do get a notification that an email had just been received.
Anyway that can be fixed (or added if I was mistaken and it was never working)?
IE: A "you've got new email" message when you log in.
These short messges (telegrams) are sent to user whether they are logged in or not.
That's how it normally works. Perhaps you have something consuming/deleting your user messages? I think ecWeb will consume/delete user messages. Do you have that open/logged-in somewhere?
Re: New email (SMTP) alert not triggered when not logged in
By: Digital Man to deon on Mon May 29 2023 11:51 am
These short messges (telegrams) are sent to user whether they are logged in or not.
That's what I thought.
I can confirm, I *do not* get the telegram if I am not logged in.
That's how it normally works. Perhaps you have something consuming/deleting your user messages? I think ecWeb will consume/delete user messages. Do you have that open/logged-in somewhere?
I dont use ecweb, nor am I logged in from another interface that would consume it.
This morning, I was logged off, sent a message. When the logs showed the SMTP message received, I logged on. No telegram, but the message was in my unread list.
While then logged on, I sent another email, and I got the "New e-mail from ..." telegram when it was received. (And only the 1 telegram.)
What could be the cause?
My build is current as of yesterday.
I can confirm, I *do not* get the telegram if I am not logged in.
Try using the ;msgs command to scroll through your last 10 telegrams. If you see the missing email notification in the telegram history, that means the BBS thinks it showed it to you (e.g. during logon). You can also watch the data/msgs/0001.msg file (for user #1) and pay attention to when it changes or disappears. Normally, this happens in coincidence with the messages being displayed to the user (user #1 in this case).
Still seems to me that it is not posting a message when I am logged off?
These short messges (telegrams) are sent to user whether they are logged in or not.
I could add an option to send email notices to offline users too (for you/your BBS). But this wasn't a recent change or bug.
I could add an option to send email notices to offline users too (for you/your BBS). But this wasn't a recent change or bug.
Re: New email (SMTP) alert not triggered when not logged in
By: Digital Man to deon on Mon May 29 2023 06:55 pm
I could add an option to send email notices to offline users too (for you/your BBS). But this wasn't a recent change or bug.
Ahh, OK - makes now.
Please do. I find it helpful, otherwise I dont look for "mail" and it can be a few days before I realise there was one there..
Please do. I find it helpful, otherwise I dont look for "mail" and it
can be a few days before I realise there was one there..
you should try using betterbird. i leave it open just to fetch emails i might miss. i think nightfox recommended it.
Re: New email (SMTP) alert not triggered when not logged in
By: MRO to deon on Tue May 30 2023 12:49 am
Please do. I find it helpful, otherwise I dont look for "mail" and it
can be a few days before I realise there was one there..
you should try using betterbird. i leave it open just to fetch emails i might miss. i think nightfox recommended it.
No. I'm not familiar with Betterbird..? I don't even regularly use a desktop mail client these days. I tend to use Gmail, and I tend to just use their web interface.
Nightfox
you should try using betterbird. i leave it open just to fetch emails i might miss. i think nightfox recommended it.
Re: New email (SMTP) alert not triggered when not logged in
By: MRO to deon on Tue May 30 2023 00:49:20
you should try using betterbird. i leave it open just to fetch emails i might miss. i think nightfox recommended it.
Cool... have you used it with Synchronet's NNTP? Thunderbird proper made a bunch of breaking changes, and other changes that I can't stand (default response is to reply via email instead of to the nntp channel).
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