If any sysops have a ctrl/dsts.ini file with a "Date" key value of "never", can you do me a favor and let me know:

1. What version of Synchronet you're running and whether or not that was an upgrade from a previous version of Synchronet
2. Please paste the entire contents of your dsts.ini file here, or at least (at minimum), the root section which contains the "Date" and "lastwrite" values.

I haven't been able to reproduce a scenario where this file will contain the Date=never value, so I'm wanting to see more clues about how/why that may happen to some sysops.
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Re: dsts.ini
By: Digital Man to All on Sat Aug 30 2025 11:30 pm

Howdy,

If any sysops have a ctrl/dsts.ini file with a "Date" key value of "never", can you do me a favor and let me know:

# grep -i date dsts.ini
Date=Sep 1 2025

I dont have the "Date=never" and my Sync has only been upgrades, from when I started using it (since CVS days dont know what version that might have been), FWIW.


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# grep -i date dsts.ini
Date=Sep 1 2025

grep gives the same results here.

I dont have the "Date=never" and my Sync has only been upgrades, from when I started using it (since CVS days dont know what version that might have been),
FWIW.

I don't know if mine has "always" been upgrades, but it has been for quite
a while - by CVS and now git.


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