From 9818cccbbf4c0c92d820e3a8e4e4b8811e245277 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SpudGunMan <kellykeeton@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2025 11:29:00 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix BBSLink for open mode

fix for issue raised https://github.com/SpudGunMan/meshing-around/discussions/142
---
 mesh_bot.py         | 1 +
 modules/bbstools.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mesh_bot.py b/mesh_bot.py
index ca01460..a95b8d4 100755
--- a/mesh_bot.py
+++ b/mesh_bot.py
@@ -1474,6 +1474,7 @@ async def start_rx():
 
         # Send bbslink looking for peers every other day at 10:00 using send_message function to channel 3 on device 1
         #schedule.every(2).days.at("10:00").do(lambda: send_message("bbslink MeshBot looking for peers", 3, 0, 1))
+        
         logger.debug("System: Starting the broadcast scheduler")
         await BroadcastScheduler()
 
diff --git a/modules/bbstools.py b/modules/bbstools.py
index 5d3b283..01ee1a1 100644
--- a/modules/bbstools.py
+++ b/modules/bbstools.py
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ def bbs_sync_posts(input, peerNode, RxNode):
     messageID =  0
 
     # check if the bbs link is enabled
-    if bbs_link_whitelist is not None:
+    if bbs_link_whitelist != ['']:
         if str(peerNode) not in bbs_link_whitelist:
             logger.warning(f"System: BBS Link is disabled for node {peerNode}.")
             return "System: BBS Link is disabled for your node."