Deleting messages

by Joli

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Joli2006-01-20 04:27:54
Can we please get a command to delete multiple messages? I almost have 900 and I really don't want to sort through those and delete the long strings of system messages or people being stupid. I have messages I want to save, so I don't want to delete them all..

It'd be like.. DELMSG 1 TO 7 maybe?

Pleaseeee? pray.gif
Acrune2006-01-20 05:35:58
delete them via the website
Joli2006-01-20 05:49:30
QUOTE(Acrune @ Jan 20 2006, 12:35 AM)
delete them via the website
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I can do that? blink.gif
Acrune2006-01-20 05:52:44
Pretty sure you can, but it doesn't seem to be working for me at the moment. Like, I log in, and then I can't access any player info any more. Hmph.
Unknown2006-01-20 05:56:05
You can do it that way, I did.
Acrune2006-01-20 06:02:35
Is anyone else having the problem I mentioned above?
Penelope2006-01-20 07:33:47
Yeah, I've had that issue for about a week now on the website. Something with the scripting I guess.
Soll2006-01-20 08:06:13
For zMUD:

#alias delmsg {#if (%1!=%null and %2!=%null and %3!=%null) {
#var delmsgfrom %1
#var delmsgto %3
#math delmsgloop %3-%1
#add delmsgloop 1
#loop @delmsgloop {
#send {Delmsg @delmsgfrom}
#add delmsgfrom 1
}
} {#echo Syntax: DELMSG ~ TO ~}}



DELMSG ~ TO ~
Joli2006-01-20 08:15:11
QUOTE(Soll @ Jan 20 2006, 03:06 AM)
For zMUD:

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I don't use Zmud.. It doesn't like me. But thankees anyway.

And is anyone else not being informed of new messages?
Unknown2006-01-20 09:58:52
for a long time my messages would auto update to teh last one, so RM would never read my next message as there was no next one no matter how many I received, then one day it just stopped happening. A few days later it started happening on my Alt, and hasn't stopped yet.
Unknown2006-01-20 11:07:09
I think a nice change to messages would involve system messages being handled separately to other messages.

For example:

SYSMS (or SYSMSGS, or SYSM)
You have the following recent information messages:
#1 - 10/6/06 - "A canvas backpack has decayed to dust."
#2 - 9/6/06 - "A powerplex jewel channels energy into your reserves."
#3 - 9/6/06 - "A powerplex jewel channels energy into your reserves."
#4 - 8/6/06 - "The favour of Elcyrion has worn off, gifting you with..."
#5 - 8/6/06 - "A powerplex jewel channels energy into your reserves."
Type MORE to continue reading.

SYSM 4
Sent by: System. Date: 8/6/06. "The favour of Elcyrion has worn off, gifting you with increased experience."

No more commands necessary. These wouldn't have to be deleted, they would only remain visible for 1 week before scrolling off the list, like logs.

I get 2 powerplex messages every RL day, as above... and there's just no need for them to take up space. Same with all other system messages - you only need to read them once, there's no point in keeping them like other correspondence.

Unknown2006-01-20 12:45:56
QUOTE(Avaer @ Jan 20 2006, 01:07 PM)
No more commands necessary. These wouldn't have to be deleted, they would only remain visible for 1 week before scrolling off the list, like logs.
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I think they should stay, sometimes you might not log in for a month or longer.
Joli2006-01-20 14:52:35
System messages are spammy.. That's what half of mine are. tongue.gif
Ekard2006-01-20 16:21:03
I'm always read messages using MESSAGES FULL, read them and delete unnesesary. Keep only important one and i dont have much issue with them.
Maybe i just dotn get many messages?
Gwylifar2006-01-20 16:47:32
QUOTE(Soll @ Jan 20 2006, 03:06 AM)
For zMUD:

#alias delmsg {#if (%1!=%null and %2!=%null and %3!=%null) {
  #var delmsgfrom %1
  #var delmsgto %3
  #math delmsgloop %3-%1
  #add delmsgloop 1
  #loop @delmsgloop {
    #send {Delmsg @delmsgfrom}
    #add delmsgfrom 1
    }
  } {#echo Syntax: DELMSG ~ TO ~}}
DELMSG ~ TO ~
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Or just

#alias delmsg {#loop %1,%2 {~delmsg %i}}

unless you really want to do all that complicated reinventing the wheel stuff?
Unknown2006-01-20 20:45:19
QUOTE(Soll @ Jan 20 2006, 03:06 AM)
For zMUD:

#alias delmsg {#if (%1!=%null and %2!=%null and %3!=%null) {
  #var delmsgfrom %1
  #var delmsgto %3
  #math delmsgloop %3-%1
  #add delmsgloop 1
  #loop @delmsgloop {
    #send {Delmsg @delmsgfrom}
    #add delmsgfrom 1
    }
  } {#echo Syntax: DELMSG ~ TO ~}}
DELMSG ~ TO ~
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Soll, you're like the best.
Tsuki2006-01-20 21:10:30
QUOTE(Acrune @ Jan 20 2006, 01:02 AM)
Is anyone else having the problem I mentioned above?
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Yep, same here. Made me sad, but at least it stayed working long enough that I was able to check my messages every day or two to stay somewhat informed and be able to pester Zenji that I needed to use his computer to hop on and deal with something or otherwise respond to a message during the weeks between graduation and moving back home and settling in enough to be able to be around in-game regularly once more. I thought maybe it'd just been something with my browser that'd changed the way it got the information and wasn't showing it. Hearing that others have had the same problem makes me hopeful I'll get the capability back at some point, though! biggrin.gif
Eyod2006-01-22 11:45:01
I hope so, would make it easier.
Unknown2006-02-03 05:07:00
I don't know if this is too difficult, but something like

DELMSG WITH (pattern)

would be really great. Something that deletes messages matching a certain string. Then I could

DELMSG WITH powerplex jewel channels

and free up the space from about 1000 messages. smile.gif