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- Date: Tuesday, 6 August 1985
- From: Frank J. Wancho
- To: RCPM-SYSOPS
- Re: RBBS4102 warning
-
- Please pass this message along to RCP/M SYSOPs you may know who are
- using RBBS4102:
-
- It has come to my attention that RBBS4102 appears to trash message files.
- What actually happens is that while RBBS4102 was designed to hold a
- maximum of 200 messages per message file, there is no check to prevent
- the 201st message from being entered. When that message is entered,
- unpredictable behavior results. The count of 200 messages includes
- the total of both active and deleted messages, regardless of actual
- message numbers. So, it is imperative that a regular schedule of
- periodic cleanup be made using UTIL, because it is quite difficult to
- reconstruct the files unless you write such a utility.
-
- The other problem I've heard about is using UTIL to insert a large
- message. Again, there is no check, but the actual limit is 99 lines
- for such messages. It would be best to keep inserted messages short,
- and anything lengthy should be left as a file, with a pointer message.
-
- I intend to produce a new version of RBBS4102 Real Soon Now, after I get
- a few other projects out of the way. I am soliciting other reports of
- bugs to fix and feature requests to consider, both to add to the list
- I already have.
-
- --Frank
-