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  • Dropping an area via QWK

    From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to ALL on Sunday, September 07, 2025 11:03:18
    I have a user that mostly interacts with the BBS via QWK. In past they
    have been able to ADD a new conference, when they see it listed, with
    pretty decent luck.

    However, when they use the "Drop" command in SLMR, synchronet does not drop
    the conference -- they keep receiving it.

    Is there some special way a drop request message needs to be formatted in
    order for synchronet to drop the conference from the user's packet? Can
    they be dropped that way?

    Thanks!


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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Dumas Walker on Sunday, September 07, 2025 17:25:28
    Re: Dropping an area via QWK
    By: Dumas Walker to ALL on Sun Sep 07 2025 11:03 am

    I have a user that mostly interacts with the BBS via QWK. In past they
    have been able to ADD a new conference, when they see it listed, with
    pretty decent luck.

    However, when they use the "Drop" command in SLMR, synchronet does not drop the conference -- they keep receiving it.

    Is there some special way a drop request message needs to be formatted in order for synchronet to drop the conference from the user's packet? Can they be dropped that way?

    Yes. The message has to be posted to "SBBS" with a subject of "DROP". https://wiki.synchro.net/ref:qwk_cmds
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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to DIGITAL MAN on Monday, September 08, 2025 08:43:27
    Is there some special way a drop request message needs to be formatted in order for synchronet to drop the conference from the user's packet? Can they be dropped that way?

    Yes. The message has to be posted to "SBBS" with a subject of "DROP". https://wiki.synchro.net/ref:qwk_cmds

    Does it matter if there is anything, like a QWK tagline, in the body of the message? I just test SLMR and it looks like it is getting the TO and
    SUBJECT correct, but the body does include a tagline.

    Maybe in past I had something set up wrong where the QWK config file had something other than "SBBS" set, causing SLMR to address the message wrong.


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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Dumas Walker on Monday, September 08, 2025 16:33:59
    Re: Dropping an area via QWK
    By: Dumas Walker to DIGITAL MAN on Mon Sep 08 2025 08:43 am

    Is there some special way a drop request message needs to be formatted in order for synchronet to drop the conference from the user's packet? Can they be dropped that way?

    Yes. The message has to be posted to "SBBS" with a subject of "DROP". https://wiki.synchro.net/ref:qwk_cmds

    Does it matter if there is anything, like a QWK tagline, in the body of the message?

    No, the body of the message is ignored.

    I just test SLMR and it looks like it is getting the TO and
    SUBJECT correct, but the body does include a tagline.

    Maybe in past I had something set up wrong where the QWK config file had something other than "SBBS" set, causing SLMR to address the message wrong.

    Were you able to successfully drop a sub from your scan configuration using this method?
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