Hey Nightfox,

I've noticed an issue that took me a while to know what was triggering it.

The issue is, sometimes I go to a message area, and the reader has me starting to read old messages, not from my last read pointer.

I've noticed that when:
* I go to a message area and read (and lets say that message area only has 26 messages in it)
* I read all the messages, so now I'm on message 26
* I press the right arrow - no more messages so I'm prompted to go to the next area
* I choose yes, if the next area has > 26 message (eg: 500), and I've already read up to 490, DDMsgReader will start me off on message 26, not 490.


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Re: DDMsgReader
By: deon to Nightfox on Sat Feb 21 2026 10:41 am

I've noticed an issue that took me a while to know what was triggering it.

The issue is, sometimes I go to a message area, and the reader has me starting to read old messages, not from my last read pointer.

It's something I've noticed sometimes, but it's not consistent, so the issue has been a bit difficult to debug & track down.

Nightfox

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Re: DDMsgReader
By: Nightfox to deon on Fri Feb 20 2026 05:08 pm

Howdy,

It's something I've noticed sometimes, but it's not consistent, so the issue has been a bit difficult to debug & track down.

So I can consistenly do it.

I head to Sync Announcements - I have 6 messages, read the 6th message and press right. It takes me to Sync Discussion which has 2141 messages, and it starts me off at message 6.

If I quit out and read, it then takes me to the last read pointer 2134.


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Re: DDMsgReader
By: deon to Nightfox on Sat Feb 21 2026 10:41 am

I've noticed an issue that took me a while to know what was triggering it.

The issue is, sometimes I go to a message area, and the reader has me starting to read old messages, not from my last read pointer.

It's something I've noticed sometimes, but it's not consistent, so the issue has been a bit difficult to debug & track down.

I don't know if this is any help or not, but I have noticed that if I
add an area to my system this bug is likely to show up causing area
pointers to get messed up.



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Re: DDMsgReader
By: deon to Nightfox on Sat Feb 21 2026 05:12 pm

It's something I've noticed sometimes, but it's not consistent, so the
issue has been a bit difficult to debug & track down.

So I can consistenly do it.

I head to Sync Announcements - I have 6 messages, read the 6th message and press right. It takes me to Sync Discussion which has 2141 messages, and it starts me off at message 6.

If I quit out and read, it then takes me to the last read pointer 2134.

It doesn't do that consistently for me with that message area.

Nightfox

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Re: DDMsgReader
By: deon to Nightfox on Sat Feb 21 2026 10:41:16

...I press the right arrow - no more messages so I'm prompted to go to the next area. I choose yes, if the next area has >> 26 message...

Curious. When I "YES" for next area, I'm taken back to the forum list, which is fine, but why doesn't it go directly to the next forum down the list?

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Re: DDMsgReader
By: Mortar to deon on Wed Feb 25 2026 11:08 am

...I press the right arrow - no more messages so I'm prompted to go to the
next area. I choose yes, if the next area has >> 26 message...

Curious. When I "YES" for next area, I'm taken back to the forum list, which is fine, but why doesn't it go directly to the next forum down the list?

When you say it goes back to the forum list, do you mean it's going back to the menu of the forums?

Are you doing a newscan? And do you have indexed mode turned on? If so, I think that's probably why.

Nightfox

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Re: DDMsgReader
By: Nightfox to Mortar on Wed Feb 25 2026 12:31:18

Are you doing a newscan? And do you have indexed mode turned on? If so, I think that's probably why.

Yes and yes. I did some playing around and discovered that was why.
Why do I figure stuff out /after/ I ask for help. Oh well. Thanks anyway.

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