I basically copied the wiki to see if I can get this to work. Not successful at all. As you can see, I can connect but it won't get the messagebase. Here is my log of the transaction.
Thank you for your help!

NEWSLINK Running native timed event: NEWSLINK
NEWSLINK Synchronet NewsLink 1.114 session started
NEWSLINK server: news.eternal-september.org
NEWSLINK Connecting to news.eternal-september.org port 563 ...
NEWSLINK Connected
NEWSLINK Negotiating TLS
NEWSLINK Authenticating...
NEWSLINK Authenticated
NEWSLINK Scanning 0 message bases...
NEWSLINK !JavaScript /home/sbbs/sbbs/exec/newslink.js line 390: Error: Unrecognized msgbase code: USENET_ALLSYSOP
NEWSLINK Timed event: NEWSLINK returned -1

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Re: newslink
By: Grease to All on Tue Nov 12 2024 06:46 pm

I basically copied the wiki to see if I can get this to work. Not successful at all. As you can see, I can connect but it won't get the messagebase. Here is my log of the transaction.
Thank you for your help!

NEWSLINK Running native timed event: NEWSLINK
NEWSLINK Synchronet NewsLink 1.114 session started
NEWSLINK server: news.eternal-september.org
NEWSLINK Connecting to news.eternal-september.org port 563 ...
NEWSLINK Connected
NEWSLINK Negotiating TLS
NEWSLINK Authenticating...
NEWSLINK Authenticated
NEWSLINK Scanning 0 message bases...
NEWSLINK !JavaScript /home/sbbs/sbbs/exec/newslink.js line 390: Error: Unrecognized msgbase code: USENET_ALLSYSOP
NEWSLINK Timed event: NEWSLINK returned -1

Do you have a message area configured in SCFG->Message Areas with an internal code of USENET_ALLSYSOP? If not, then you need to create that first. Step 3 at https://wiki.synchro.net/module:newslink
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Grease wrote to All <=-

I basically copied the wiki to see if I can get this to work. Not successful at all. As you can see, I can connect but it won't get the messagebase. Here is my log of the transaction. Thank you for your
help!

NEWSLINK Running native timed event: NEWSLINK
NEWSLINK Synchronet NewsLink 1.114 session started
NEWSLINK server: news.eternal-september.org
NEWSLINK Connecting to news.eternal-september.org port 563 ...
NEWSLINK Connected
NEWSLINK Negotiating TLS
NEWSLINK Authenticating...
NEWSLINK Authenticated
NEWSLINK Scanning 0 message bases...
NEWSLINK !JavaScript /home/sbbs/sbbs/exec/newslink.js line 390: Error: Unrecognized msgbase code: USENET_ALLSYSOP NEWSLINK Timed event:
NEWSLINK returned -1

From looking at the next-to-last line above, my guess is that you
haven't defined what newsgroups you want, with the 'AREA' keyword in
your ../ctrl/newslink.cfg file; and/or you haven't defined that message
area name in SCFG.



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Re: newslink
By: Digital Man to Grease on Tue Nov 12 2024 09:47 pm

Do you have a message area configured in SCFG->Message Areas with an internal code of USENET_ALLSYSOP? If not, then you need to create that first. Step 3 at https://wiki.synchro.net/module:newslink

Yes.
Long Name: alt.bbs.allsysop
Short Name: alt.bbs.allsysop
Internal Code: USENET_ALLSYSOP
Newsgroup Name: alt.bbs.allsysop

Just like step 3 in wiki.synchro.net/module:newslink

My newslink.cfg has:

AREA USENET_ALLSYSOP alt.bbs.allsysop nb /home/sbbs/sbbs/data/dirs/sysop

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Re: Re: newslink
By: Gamgee to Grease on Wed Nov 13 2024 07:25 am

From looking at the next-to-last line above, my guess is that you
haven't defined what newsgroups you want, with the 'AREA' keyword in your ../ctrl/newslink.cfg file; and/or you haven't defined that message area name in SCFG.

I have. I only have the one as I am testing. but this is the AREA line:

AREA USENET_ALLSYSOP alt.bbs.allsysop nb /home/sbbs/sbbs/data/dirs/sysop

I basicall cut and pasted what was in the wiki. The only thing different,
was I took out the "i" in the newslink.cfg example.

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Re: newslink
By: Grease to Digital Man on Wed Nov 13 2024 09:27 am

Re: newslink
By: Digital Man to Grease on Tue Nov 12 2024 09:47 pm

Do you have a message area configured in SCFG->Message Areas with an internal code of USENET_ALLSYSOP? If not, then you need to create that first. Step 3 at https://wiki.synchro.net/module:newslink

Yes.
Long Name: alt.bbs.allsysop
Short Name: alt.bbs.allsysop
Internal Code: USENET_ALLSYSOP
Newsgroup Name: alt.bbs.allsysop

Just like step 3 in wiki.synchro.net/module:newslink

My newslink.cfg has:

AREA USENET_ALLSYSOP alt.bbs.allsysop nb /home/sbbs/sbbs/data/dirs/sysop

Are you sure that's the internal code? If the sub-board is in a library with an "internal code prefix", that prefix is automatically added, so I want to make sure you don't actually have a internal code such as USENET_USENET_ALLSYSOP or some other madness.

One way to check/confirm this is with the 'exportcfg.js' script, e.g.:

jsexec exportcfg msg-subs -grp=USENET
...
3 4 127 4 USENET usenet_allsysop
...

as an example.
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Re: newslink
By: Digital Man to Grease on Wed Nov 13 2024 10:44 pm

One way to check/confirm this is with the 'exportcfg.js' script, e.g.: jsexec exportcfg msg-subs -grp=USENET
...
3 4 127 4 USENET usenet_allsysop ...

as an example.

0 5 100 5 USENET usenet_allsysop alt.bbs.allsysop alt.bbs.allsysop ALLSYSOP ALT.BBS.ALLSYSOP alt.bbs.allsysop REST NOT G /sbbs/data/subs/ 954:200/56 Dark Matter BBS. darkmatt.synchro.net. Kurten, TXSynchronet | Dark Matter BBS | darkmatt.synchro.net | Kurten, TX.69107715 100 0 0 1000 180 196612 0 true true true true false 0
/home/sbbs/sbbs/repo/exec/exportcfg.js executed in 0.01 seconds

I copied and pasted from the CLI after I ran the above. The only thing I see, is in newslink.cfg usenet_allsysop is in allcap. The rest looks like what I have setup in SCFG.
The other thing I see is a network address of 954:200/56, which is for
Hobbynet which shows as my main Fido type network.

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Grease wrote to Digital Man <=-

One way to check/confirm this is with the 'exportcfg.js' script, e.g.: jsexec exportcfg msg-subs -grp=USENET
...
3 4 127 4 USENET usenet_allsysop ...
as an example.

0 5 100 5 USENET usenet_allsysop alt.bbs.allsysop alt.bbs.allsysop ALLSYSOP ALT.BBS.ALLSYSOP alt.bbs.allsysop REST NOT G /sbbs/data/subs/ 954:200/56 Dark Matter BBS. darkmatt.synchro.net. Kurten, TXSynchronet

| Dark Matter BBS | darkmatt.synchro.net | Kurten, TX.69107715 100 0 0 1000 180

196612 0 true true true true false 0 /home/sbbs/sbbs/repo/exec/exportcfg.js executed in 0.01 seconds

I copied and pasted from the CLI after I ran the above. The only thing
I see, is in newslink.cfg usenet_allsysop is in allcap. The rest looks like what I have setup in SCFG.
The other thing I see is a network address of 954:200/56, which is for Hobbynet which shows as my main Fido type network.

You should not have any FTN address visible in there. In the Network
Options for those USENET sub-boards, you need to have the "Internet (UUCP/NNTP)" choice set to YES, and the "FidoNet Echomail" set to NO.



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Re: newslink
By: Grease to Digital Man on Fri Nov 15 2024 09:30 am

Re: newslink
By: Digital Man to Grease on Wed Nov 13 2024 10:44 pm

One way to check/confirm this is with the 'exportcfg.js' script, e.g.: jsexec exportcfg msg-subs -grp=USENET
...
3 4 127 4 USENET usenet_allsysop ...

as an example.

0 5 100 5 USENET usenet_allsysop alt.bbs.allsysop alt.bbs.allsysop ALLSYSOP ALT.BBS.ALLSYSOP alt.bbs.allsysop REST NOT G /sbbs/data/subs/ 954:200/56 Dark Matter BBS. darkmatt.synchro.net. Kurten, TXSynchronet | Dark Matter BBS | darkmatt.synchro.net | Kurten, TX.69107715 100 0 0 1000 180 196612 0 true true true true false 0
/home/sbbs/sbbs/repo/exec/exportcfg.js executed in 0.01 seconds

I copied and pasted from the CLI after I ran the above. The only thing I see, is in newslink.cfg usenet_allsysop is in allcap. The rest looks like what I have setup in SCFG.

That looks fine. The capitalization of the internal code shouldn't matter. I tested this myself:

$ jsexec newslink

JSexec v3.20a-Linux master/87b22bda8 Debug - Execute Synchronet JavaScript Module
Compiled Nov 15 2024 12:21 with GCC 12.2.0

Loading configuration files from /sbbs/ctrl
JavaScript-C 1.8.5 2011-03-31
JavaScript: Creating runtime: 16777216 bytes

Reading script from /sbbs/exec/newslink.js
/sbbs/exec/newslink.js compiled in 0.00 seconds
Synchronet NewsLink 1.2 session started
server: news.astraweb.com
Connecting to news.astraweb.com port 119 ...
Connected
Authenticating...
Authenticated
Scanning message bases...
sub: usenet_allsysop, newsgroup: alt.bbs.allsysop
usenet_allsysop.ini export ptr: 1501
usenet_allsysop.ini import ptr: 2711
alt.bbs.allsysop import ptr: 2711, first_msg: 2, last_msg: 2711
Synchronet NewsLink 1.2 session complete (0 exported, 0 imported) /sbbs/exec/newslink.js executed in 0.76 seconds

and then in ALL-CAPS:

...
Reading script from /sbbs/exec/newslink.js
/sbbs/exec/newslink.js compiled in 0.00 seconds
Synchronet NewsLink 1.2 session started
server: news.astraweb.com
Connecting to news.astraweb.com port 119 ...
Connected
Authenticating...
Authenticated
Scanning message bases...
sub: USENET_ALLSYSOP, newsgroup: alt.bbs.allsysop
USENET_ALLSYSOP.ini export ptr: 1501
USENET_ALLSYSOP.ini import ptr: 2711
alt.bbs.allsysop import ptr: 2711, first_msg: 2, last_msg: 2711
Synchronet NewsLink 1.2 session complete (0 exported, 0 imported) /sbbs/exec/newslink.js executed in 1.03 seconds

The other thing I see is a network address of 954:200/56, which is for Hobbynet which shows as my main Fido type network.

The FTN address doesn't matter since it's not used for a non-FTN sub-board.
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Re: Re: newslink
By: Gamgee to Grease on Fri Nov 15 2024 03:39 pm

You should not have any FTN address visible in there. In the Network Options for those USENET sub-boards, you need to have the "Internet (UUCP/NNTP)" choice set to YES, and the "FidoNet Echomail" set to NO.

That's normal and not a problem. Safe to ignore it.
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Re: Re: newslink
By: Gamgee to Grease on Fri Nov 15 2024 03:39 pm

You should not have any FTN address visible in there. In the Network Options for those USENET sub-boards, you need to have the "Internet (UUCP/NNTP)" choice set to YES, and the "FidoNet Echomail" set to NO.

That's normal and not a problem. Safe to ignore it.

Okay, I'm assuming you mean it's normal to see an FTN address in there,
but doesn't a Usenet newsgroup still have to have the two selections I mentioned above set that way?



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Re: Re: newslink
By: Gamgee to Digital Man on Fri Nov 15 2024 08:45 pm

Digital Man wrote to Gamgee <=-

Re: Re: newslink
By: Gamgee to Grease on Fri Nov 15 2024 03:39 pm

You should not have any FTN address visible in there. In the Network Options for those USENET sub-boards, you need to have the "Internet (UUCP/NNTP)" choice set to YES, and the "FidoNet Echomail" set to NO.

That's normal and not a problem. Safe to ignore it.

Okay, I'm assuming you mean it's normal to see an FTN address in there,
but doesn't a Usenet newsgroup still have to have the two selections I mentioned above set that way?

Yes, and he did.
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Re: Re: newslink
By: Gamgee to Grease on Fri Nov 15 2024 03:39 pm

You should not have any FTN address visible in there. In the Network Options for those USENET sub-boards, you need to have the "Internet (UUCP/NNTP)" choice set to YES, and the "FidoNet Echomail" set to NO.

It is. BUT... I cannot delete the FTN from the box. It gives me three
choices (my FTN links) and no blank space. Weird.

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Re: newslink
By: Digital Man to Grease on Fri Nov 15 2024 02:36 pm

That looks fine. The capitalization of the internal code shouldn't matter. I tested this myself:
$ jsexec newslink

Okay. So I must have something someplace else not right. I'll keep looking.

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Re: newslink
By: Grease to Digital Man on Sat Nov 16 2024 08:21 am

Re: newslink
By: Digital Man to Grease on Fri Nov 15 2024 02:36 pm

That looks fine. The capitalization of the internal code shouldn't matter. I tested this myself:
$ jsexec newslink

Okay. So I must have something someplace else not right. I'll keep looking.

Did you try running it via jsexec as I've shown?
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Re: newslink
By: Digital Man to Grease on Sat Nov 16 2024 10:29 am

Did you try running it via jsexec as I've shown?
Did you try running it via jsexec as I've shown?
Did you try running it via jsexec as I've shown?
Did you try running it via jsexec as I've shown?
Did you try running it via jsexec as I've shown?
Did you try running it via jsexec as I've shown?
Did you try running it via jsexec as I've shown?

This is what I got:

JSexec v3.20a-Linux master/1b6d5846a - Execute Synchronet JavaScript Module Compiled Nov 15 2024 10:12 with GCC 11.4.0

Loading configuration files from /sbbs/ctrl
JavaScript-C 1.8.5 2011-03-31
JavaScript: Creating runtime: 167772160 bytes

Reading script from /sbbs/exec/newslink.js
/sbbs/exec/newslink.js compiled in 0.00 seconds
Synchronet NewsLink 1.2 session started
server: news.eternal-september.org
Connecting to news.eternal-september.org port 563 ...
Connected
Negotiating TLS
Authenticating...
Authenticated
Scanning message bases...
sub: USENET_ALLSYSOP, newsgroup: alt.bbs.allsysop
USENET_ALLSYSOP.ini export ptr: 0
USENET_ALLSYSOP.ini import ptr: -9223372036854775808
alt.bbs.allsysop import ptr: -9223372036854775808, first_msg: 756, last_msg: 758
Synchronet NewsLink 1.2 session complete (0 exported, 0 imported) /sbbs/exec/newslink.js executed in 4.16 seconds

JavaScript: Destroying context
JavaScript: Destroying runtime

So I guess it working?

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Re: newslink
By: Grease to Digital Man on Sun Nov 17 2024 04:04 pm

Did you try running it via jsexec as I've shown?

This is what I got:

sub: USENET_ALLSYSOP, newsgroup: alt.bbs.allsysop
USENET_ALLSYSOP.ini export ptr: 0
USENET_ALLSYSOP.ini import ptr: -9223372036854775808
alt.bbs.allsysop import ptr: -9223372036854775808, first_msg: 756, last_msg: 758

So I guess it working?

Yes. At least jsexec is recognizing that sub-code. So I'm guessing you haven't recycled your terminal server (where the event thread runs) since adding that sub in SCFG, so it hasn't reloaded the msgs.ini file to "know" about. Normally, servers automatically reload when saving changes in SCFG, so you should look into that, if that's the problem.

The other possibility is that you have multiple ctrl directories with different msgs.ini files in one. The msgs.ini file that jsexec loaded obviously has the USENET_ALLSYSOP sub-board in it, while the one loaded by sbbs (if different) does not.

And then there's that import ptr. That's not normal. Take a look at the data/subs/usenet_allsysop.ini file (should be lowercase). Is there an import_ptr defined in there? I'm not sure what would cause that crazy value - I'd normally expect it to start at (default to) 0.
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