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Private Messages: Unread 65534

Started by Settembrini, January 22, 2008, 03:49:57 AM

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Settembrini

January 22, 2008, 03:49:57 AM
Private Messages: Unread 65534

Anybody knows what this is about?
If there can\'t be a TPK against the will of the players it\'s not an RPG.- Pierce Inverarity

David R

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January 22, 2008, 05:10:11 AM
Sett where do you see this? It's not showing up in my box.

Edit: My mistake. I sometimes forget that the Help Desk is for individual problems

Regards,
David R

hgjs

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January 22, 2008, 07:13:24 AM
Quote from: SettembriniPrivate Messages: Unread 65534

Anybody knows what this is about?

The system thinks you have 35 items in your inbox, and 21 items in your sent box.  So I think it's safe to say that you don't actually have 65534 unread messages.

I have a couple ideas how this might have happened.  If the number of unread messages is stored as an unsigned 16-bit number, improperly written code could allow the counter to drop below zero in some circumstances, causing it to wrap around and become a large positive number.

Later I may have time to try to fix your specific case.  On the other hand, the upcoming board update might magically fix the problem.  Please keep us posted on any new developments.
 
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