Subj : Re: New SBBS installs should prevent new users from echo-posting?
To   : nelgin
From : MRO
Date : Wed Jun 26 2024 10:27 pm

 Re: Re: New SBBS installs should prevent new users from echo-posting?
 By: nelgin to Digital Man on Wed Jun 26 2024 07:45 pm

> On Fri, 17 May 2024 16:21:59 -0700
> "Digital Man" (VERT) <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Seeing how the community feels about Wilfred's request.
>
> >  1: Yes, new users should not have network posting privileges
> >  2: No, a sysop should opt-in to restrictions on new users
> >  3: I don't know what you're talking about
>
> Sysop should be able to make their own choices. Personally, I have all
> my forums to get to read only until level 60. When a user emails me to
> authenticate their account, then I'll give them level 60 until they
> prove otherwise.

Setting the ARS to a certain amount of calls before the user can see it can probably do the job in regards to spammers or crazies who hop around
bbses and post.  That's a sysop call though.  I don't think anything like this
should be constructed into the defaults.

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