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    From DesotoFireflite@VERT/VALHALLA to All on Mon Jan 16 17:36:00 2017
    I just went to import a message into a message base, something I do on a monthly basis, as I am the moderator, and the message will not import. SMBUTIL keeps saying it's empty. Have I inenverntaly broke something when I moved the bbs to a new machine. The sht, shd, and sid files are there, but all 0 bytes. The last file date was 1/7/17 which was after the move. What's keeping it from importing?


    SMBUTIL v2.33-Win32 (rev 1.113) SMBLIB 2.60 - Synchronet Message Base Utility

    Opening c:\sbbs\data\subs\whisp-automoti
    Empty
    Press any key to continue . . .

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  • From KK4QBN@VERT/KK4QBN to DesotoFireflite on Tue Jan 17 01:01:33 2017
    Re: Empty Message Base
    By: DesotoFireflite to All on Mon Jan 16 2017 05:36 pm

    I just went to import a message into a message base, something I do on a monthly basis, as I am the moderator, and the message will not import. SMBUTIL keeps saying it's empty. Have I inenverntaly broke something when I moved the bbs to a new machine. The sht, shd, and sid files are there, but all 0 bytes. The last file date was 1/7/17 which was after the move. What's keeping it from importing?

    probably the fact you have set yourself up as moderator, From what I read, moderator must post a message on that sub before any other message will actualy post, or something to that extent, I had actually setup another user on the system as 'moderator' to some groups thinking I gave them sysop type abilitys to the areas, but actually I just locked the areas down. and this sounds like what you've done. I'm sure there is a good reason for having a moderator setup on the message areas, but I have'nt read up enough into it to see. instead I keep the areas tied into security levels.

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  • From DesotoFireflite@VERT/VALHALLA to KK4QBN on Tue Jan 17 07:27:30 2017
    Re: Empty Message Base
    By: KK4QBN to DesotoFireflite on Tue Jan 17 2017 01:01 am

    I just went to import a message into a message base, something I do
    on a monthly basis, as I am the moderator, and the message will not
    import. SMBUTIL keeps saying it's empty. Have I inenverntaly broke
    something when I moved the bbs to a new machine. The sht, shd, and
    sid files are there, but all 0 bytes. The last file date was 1/7/17
    which was after the move. What's keeping it from importing?

    probably the fact you have set yourself up as moderator, From what I read, moderator must post a message on that sub before any other message will actualy post, or something to that extent, I had actually setup another user on the system as 'moderator' to some groups thinking I gave them sysop type abilitys to the areas, but actually I just locked the areas down. and this sounds like what you've done. I'm sure there is a good reason for having a moderator setup on the message areas, but I have'nt read up enough into it to see. instead I keep the areas tied into security levels.

    I'll look into it, but the other area I moderate had no messages either, and it imported there ok. I'll try to post a test message in the echo in question, and see if it will post and free up the echo. Thanks for the suggestion.

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  • From DesotoFireflite@VERT/VALHALLA to All on Tue Jan 17 08:05:21 2017
    Re: Empty Message Base
    By: DesotoFireflite to All on Mon Jan 16 2017 05:36 pm

    I just went to import a message into a message base, something I do on a monthly basis, as I am the moderator, and the message will not import. SMBUTIL keeps saying it's empty. Have I inenverntaly broke something when I moved the bbs to a new machine. The sht, shd, and sid files are there, but all 0 bytes. The last file date was 1/7/17 which was after the move. What's keeping it from importing?

    Solved. Somehow the flag "Use Real Names" got toggled to yes. Changed that, and all is working now.

    SysOp: C.G. Learn, AKA: DesotoFireflite
    Valhalla Home Services! - (Synchronet) - bbs.valhallabbs.com
    Valhalla II! - (GAP) - bbs.valhallabbs.com:24
    A Gamers Paradise - Over 150 Registered Online Game Doors!

    --- Don't eat the yellow snow!
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  • From KK4QBN@VERT/KK4QBN to DesotoFireflite on Tue Jan 17 10:43:14 2017
    Re: Empty Message Base
    By: DesotoFireflite to All on Tue Jan 17 2017 08:05 am

    Solved. Somehow the flag "Use Real Names" got toggled to yes. Changed that, and all is working now.

    Very good :-)

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    KK4QBN BBS

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to DesotoFireflite on Wed Jan 18 17:09:00 2017
    Re: Empty Message Base
    By: DesotoFireflite to All on Mon Jan 16 2017 05:36 pm

    I just went to import a message into a message base, something I do on a monthly basis, as I am the moderator, and the message will not import. SMBUTIL keeps saying it's empty. Have I inenverntaly broke something when I moved the bbs to a new machine. The sht, shd, and sid files are there, but all 0 bytes. The last file date was 1/7/17 which was after the move. What's keeping it from importing?

    Try adding the '-c' option to create the msgbase (if empty/non-existent).

    digital man

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