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  • Using Menucmd ('MW'...) in an MPL Script

    From stizzed@77:1/104 to All on Thu May 7 23:08:50 2020
    As a menu option in startup.mpl Im using:
    MenuCmd ('MW','/to:sysop /subj:Feedback');
    to allow callers to send a message to the sysop. They are obviously not logged in at the time of execution. This worked in A43 but appears to be broken in A45. Is there a known change that disabled this functionality or is this a bug? I have looked through the update notes and see nothing that explains
    the problem.

    Thanks in advance!

    .\\ichael Batts
    a.k.a. stizzed (because, why not?)
    SysOp, The ROCK BBS III

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: The ROCK BBS III - therockbbs.net - TELNET:10023 (77:1/104)
  • From jack phlash@77:1/911 to stizzed on Fri May 8 16:12:36 2020
    on 07 May 2020, stizzed said...

    As a menu option in startup.mpl Im using:
    MenuCmd ('MW','/to:sysop /subj:Feedback');
    to allow callers to send a message to the sysop. They are obviously not logged in at the time of execution. This worked in A43 but appears to
    be broken in A45. Is there a known change that disabled this functionality or is this a bug? I have looked through the update notes and see nothing that explains the problem.

    Interstingly, I'm using the menu command itself in my matrix for the same purpose and it still works fine. Odd that it would only be broken in MPL!

    |08j |15A C K |08p |15H L A S H |08!

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: d i s t o r t i o n // d1st.org (77:1/911)
  • From stizzed@77:1/104 to jack phlash on Fri May 8 20:38:18 2020
    jack,

    Interstingly, I'm using the menu command itself in my matrix for the same purpose and it still works fine. Odd that it would only be broken in MPL!

    Ill test this from a menu to see if it works. That should eliminate my
    config as the problem. This has worked in A43 for over a year. I upgraded
    to A45 and noticed that it stopped working after a fellow SysOp installed the script in A45 and told me that the function didnt work for him.

    Thanks!

    .\\ichael Batts
    a.k.a. stizzed (because, why not?)
    SysOp, The ROCK BBS III

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: The ROCK BBS III - therockbbs.net - TELNET:10023 (77:1/104)
  • From g00r00@77:1/138 to jack phlash on Fri May 8 21:52:34 2020
    Interstingly, I'm using the menu command itself in my matrix for the same purpose and it still works fine. Odd that it would only be broken in MPL!

    I am assuming the Sysop name isn't set.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/04/29 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Sector 7 (77:1/138)
  • From g00r00@77:1/138 to stizzed on Fri May 8 21:54:14 2020
    As a menu option in startup.mpl Im using:
    MenuCmd ('MW','/to:sysop /subj:Feedback');
    to allow callers to send a message to the sysop. They are obviously not logged in at the time of execution. This worked in A43 but appears to

    You may need to set you SysOp name, and if that is not it check to see what your "Post ACS" is for your E-mail base.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/04/29 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Sector 7 (77:1/138)
  • From jack phlash@77:1/911 to g00r00 on Sat May 9 18:14:36 2020
    on 08 May 2020, g00r00 said...

    You may need to set you SysOp name, and if that is not it check to see what your "Post ACS" is for your E-mail base.

    For the record, in my case the recipient name is set to my handle, and my
    post ACS in my email base is default - now that you say that, I feel like I encountered that being a problem using pre-login feedback at one point
    myself, maybe in another setup, or maybe have an upgrade (long ago.)

    |08j |15A C K |08p |15H L A S H |08!

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: d i s t o r t i o n // d1st.org (77:1/911)
  • From stizzed@77:1/104 to jack phlash on Sun May 10 11:18:10 2020
    Hey jack!

    For the record, in my case the recipient name is set to my handle, and my post ACS in my email base is default - now that you say that, I feel
    like I encountered that being a problem using pre-login feedback at one point myself, maybe in another setup, or maybe have an upgrade (long
    ago.)

    I set cleared my 'Post ACS' config (no security) and it works now. Im
    calling the menucmd from startup.mpx as part of my login. It basically
    allows anyone to post to email.

    .\\ichael Batts
    a.k.a. stizzed (because, why not?)
    SysOp, The ROCK BBS III

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: The ROCK BBS III - therockbbs.net - TELNET:10023 (77:1/104)