Subj : So Roy Witt is your hero? To : George Vandervort From : Ross Cassell Date : Sun Dec 01 2002 09:17 pm Hello George! 01 Dec 02 17:44, you wrote to me: GV> Hmmm.. GV> I ran a public Access BBS for over 18 years, GV> and one of the configuration options that I imposed, GV> was that all validated new users, were given "Read" privilages, GV> and ONLY got "Write Privilages" to local message area, GV> and required Sysop intervention, before given "WRITE" privilages to GV> any Fidonet Echo topic that left my system, with my originline.. GV> that solved a lot of potencial problems with GV> characters logging on and gaining instant GV> write privilages under any name.. I have had mixed results, I tended to over the years try to trust the new user in order to make things a lesser hassle for them, I am currently evaluating my options, but it looks like the innocent guy is gonmna have to pay the price for Boy Twitts actions. == Ross BBS -> http://www.the-estar.com - telnet://the-estar.com rosscassell@mailshell.com | ICQ = 5305939 .... Going out of my mind, back in 5 minutes. --- GoldED+/W32 1.1.5-21006 * Origin: The Eastern Star (1:123/456) .