• qwk network message formatting

    From ryan@21:1/168 to g00r00 on Wed Mar 4 08:46:02 2020
    Hey g00r00,

    I think there's an issue with linewrapping of messages that originate from
    qwk based networks.

    To repro, join DOVENet (login to vert.synchro.net and create an account with
    a username/password to be used for transferring mail packets) and notice that linewrapping doesn't work at all in Mystic, and for some reason all >79 character lines lose the final character.

    Let me know if I can help with a repro any other way or provide any other
    info.

    Thanks!

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: monterey bbs (21:1/168)
  • From Analog@21:2/123 to ryan on Thu Mar 5 18:01:49 2020
    I think there's an issue with linewrapping of messages that originate
    from qwk based networks.

    Ryan/g00r00,

    I too have this issue. I figured it was an artifact of QWK and Synchronet echos. I'll be interested to see what the internal issue ends up being.

    Cheers,

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    |08└─┘├─┐ |08:>.|07A|08rk |0710|08:|07101|08/|0714|08.
    |04■ |08└|20|15─|16|08┘ |08:>.|10A|02gn |1046|08:|101|08/|10123|08.
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    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/09 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: deadbeatz.org (21:2/123)
  • From g00r00@21:1/108 to Analog on Sat Mar 7 17:42:10 2020
    I think there's an issue with linewrapping of messages that originate from qwk based networks.

    Ryan/g00r00,

    I too have this issue. I figured it was an artifact of QWK and Synchronet echos. I'll be interested to see what the internal issue ends up being.

    I suspect its their editor sends things out on the 80th column and Mystic's template by default stops it at the 79th for terminal compatibility.

    But then again if that is the case we should see it in echomail too as it'd
    be an artifact of what Synchronet/Mystic are doing not QWK itself.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/03/05 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Sector 7 (21:1/108)