is there a way to turn off the option of tag lines after you post a message?

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is there a way to turn off the option of tag lines after you post a message?

If the Mystic sysop allows it - on 2oFB, users can turn on/off taglines in the Uesr Preferences Menu. :P



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is there a way to turn off the option of tag lines after you post a message?

If the Mystic sysop allows it - on 2oFB, users can turn on/off taglines
in the Uesr Preferences Menu. :P

I'm wondering if this could have meant, "remove the tag line after the message is posted", and in that case I'm going to go with, "no", as likely the BBS would have already sent it out.

But editing already-posted messages in BBSs has seemed a bit unusual to me, even though it certainly should be technically possible, if BBS makers wanted it to be (aside from dealing with all the other BBSs running other software, of course).

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On 09 Jun 2026, Jafo said the following...

is there a way to turn off the option of tag lines after you post a message?

For yourself:

mystic -cfg

Editors -> User Editor -> (select user) -> User Settings 2 -> Taglines -> Off


For everyone:

mytsic -cfg

Configuration -> New User Settings 2 -> Taglines -> Off


Jay

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For yourself:

mystic -cfg

Editors -> User Editor -> (select user) -> User Settings 2 -> Taglines

Off

For everyone:

mytsic -cfg

Configuration -> New User Settings 2 -> Taglines -> Off

Thank You !

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Hey Adept!

On Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:14:10 +0000, you wrote:

But editing already-posted messages in BBSs has seemed a bit unusual to
me, even though it certainly should be technically possible, if BBS
makers wanted it to be (aside from dealing with all the other BBSs
running other software, of course).

It's definitely possible. There is an option in Mystic's config to not send networked mail someone has posted until after they log off the system. This is a much better option if you want to allow users to be able to edit their messages.

Regards,
Nick

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It's definitely possible. There is an option in Mystic's config to not send networked mail someone has posted until after they log off the system. This is a much better option if you want to allow users to be
able to edit their messages.

Huh!

Interesting. I'll have to find and enable that. Thanks for the tip!

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It's definitely possible. There is an option in Mystic's config to not send networked mail someone has posted until after they log off the system. This is a much better option if you want to allow users to be
able to edit their messages.

...and to follow up on the this:
In mystic -cfg
Configuration/Message Base Settings
"Create Semaphore" changed to "Logout", rather than "MsgPost".

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Hey Adept!

On Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:19:30 +0000, you wrote:

Interesting. I'll have to find and enable that. Thanks for the tip!

If I remember right, you have to be using semaphore events where the event is triggered when echomail.in/out and/or netmail.in/out are created (which then runs your tosser and mailer).

From whatsnew.txt:

+ New MUTIL option for [ExportEchomail] entitled "skip_online". If this value
is set to true, Mystic will not toss new messages posted by them if they
are currently logged into the BBS. Combined with "create semaphores at
logout", this should give users their entire time logged in to edit their
messages before they'll be sent, even if other users create semaphores.

skip_online = true

Then setting this will cause that event to only run after the user logs off:

./mystic -cfg > Configuration > Message Settings > Create Semaphore = Logout

Here's what I used to do along with the above configuration setting:

Active Yes
Description Send outbound echomail/netmail
Event Type Semaphore
Exec Hour 0
Exec Min 0

The "Shell" setting should be one line, with no spaces by the "|". I'm just trying to make it readable even if it were to be quoted, and so it doesn't get wrapped on your end.

Shell /home/user/mystic/mutil export.ini|
/home/user/mystic/mis poll send
Prefix ./ No
Semaphore echomail.out|netmail.out
Kill After echomail.out|netmail.out
Warning 0

All days set to "No".

I also used a semaphore event to toss incoming echomail/netmail, so mutil doesn't have to run every time you poll for mail and don't get anything, however when you do get something t:

Active Yes
Description Toss incoming echomail/netmail
Event Type Semaphore
Exec Hour 0
Exec Min 0
Shell /home/user/mystic/mutil import.ini
Prefix ./ No
Semaphore echomail.in|netmail.in
Kill After echomail.in|netmail.in
Warning 0

All days set to "No".

I hope I covered everything, and hope it helps!

Regards,
Nick

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Hey Adept!

On Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:27:10 +0000, you wrote:

...and to follow up on the this:
In mystic -cfg
Configuration/Message Base Settings
"Create Semaphore" changed to "Logout", rather than "MsgPost".

Yep, but I think it has to be used in conjunction with some other things. Check the novel I wrote to you in another message. ;)

Regards,
Nick

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Yep, but I think it has to be used in conjunction with some other
things. Check the novel I wrote to you in another message. ;)

Yeah, thanks for that. I've saved it off, and will hopefully get around to it.

That said, at my BBS's call volume, the one switch is probably enough for it to work most of the time.

But, regardless, probably better to do it the right way.

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Hey Adept!

On Thu, 11 Jun 2026 06:38:38 +0000, you wrote:

Yeah, thanks for that. I've saved it off, and will hopefully get around
to it.

That said, at my BBS's call volume, the one switch is probably enough
for it to work most of the time.

But, regardless, probably better to do it the right way.

I'm not 100% sure /the one switch/ will work. Your event(s) that run mutil would have to be based on those semaphores being present. Otherwise, mutil will run regardless and process any outgoing mail whenever it is set to run at whatever interval you have it set to, while most likely ignoring any semaphore files (since the event isn't set up to use those semaphores).

I could be wrong here, but that would be my somewhat educated guess.

Regards,
Nick

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Otherwise, mutil will run regardless and process any outgoing mail whenever it is set to run at whatever interval you have it set to, while most likely ignoring any semaphore files (since the event isn't set up
to use those semaphores).

I had thought I had set my mutil up to run on semaphores, but I could be wrong on that.

Because, yeah, if semaphores aren't being used, then changing when a semaphore is generated is not changing anything of use.

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I'm not 100% sure /the one switch/ will work. Your event(s) that run
mutil would have to be based on those semaphores being present.
Otherwise, mutil will run regardless and process any outgoing mail whenever it is set to run at whatever interval you have it set to, while most likely ignoring any semaphore files (since the event isn't set up
to use those semaphores).

To follow up on this a bit, after having changed /the one switch/, my outgoing messages are now all on "Local", whereas before, when going to a message a few minutes after creating it, they were reliably "Local Sent".

Obviously, working under the assumption that I have certain mutil stuff running at a set time, it'd probably get sent with those, even while still logged in.

But I don't _think_ I have something that, e.g., would be running hourly. Though perhaps I should, for one reason or another.

But always something I could be doing to improve my BBS.

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