I knew that I got back into BBSes for close to over a year now, I assumed you J>was around much longer than that. I do distinctly remember that I saw jibberi J>in a message editor and then I was disconnected. Oh well, memories of me J>passing out do tend to get a bit cloudy.
I just watch YouTube videos late at night now-a-days. The vidoes I watch are J>educational and interesting to watch during my waking hours; however, I J>typically only get time late at night after I get off of work and the kids go J>to bed. So, that's usually around 9:30PM to 11PM at nights; very easy to pass J>out then.
Years ago, on dial-up, there was a callback verifier. At one time, Al Lawrence of Sunrise Doors Software, had a door called "Caller ID Check" (obviously only works with dial-up connects). If the Caller ID data matched the data they entered in the door, they were validated and upgraded.
There are email verification scripts you can use these days. When a new user N>signs up, the email validator will send them a code via email that the user N>must enter to be upgraded to a regular user account. I used to use one of N>those on my BBS, but I have removed it for now.. I noticed some users would N>get to that point and hang up, and perhaps some users didn't want to provide N>their real email address.
to keeping user data STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL...releasing it ONLY for a Law Enforcement Subpeona (which the BBS has never had...in fact, at one
time, one of the judges in Pulaski County was a user on the BBS)...or in case of BBS rules violations, notifying Confirmed Visiting Sysops, so
that they may protect their systems.
Even when my late wife and Co-Sysop was alive, even she did NOT have access to the data...that's how SERIOUSLY I took that commitment.
Nightfox wrote to Daryl Stout <=-
Back in the 90s, when I ran my first BBS, I got a few users who emailed
me saying they heard mine was a warez BBS and asking how to get access.
I never ran a warez BBS, so I always told them it wasn't. I always wondered where they heard I ran a warez BBS, but years later I realized they could have been from law enforcement trying to see if they could
find and catch sysops running warez BBSes.
Even when my late wife and Co-Sysop was alive, even she did NOT have access to the data...that's how SERIOUSLY I took that commitment.
Do you mean your wife was the co-sysop? That's pretty cool if so. I
know a lot of wives aren't really into computer hobbies.
Back in the 90s, when I ran my first BBS, I got a few users who emailed me N>saying they heard mine was a warez BBS and asking how to get access. I never N>ran a warez BBS, so I always told them it wasn't. I always wondered where th N>heard I ran a warez BBS, but years later I realized they could have been from N>law enforcement trying to see if they could find and catch sysops running war N>BBSes.
Do you mean your wife was the co-sysop? That's pretty cool if so. I know a N>lot of wives aren't really into computer hobbies.
Back in the 90s, when I ran my first BBS, I got a few users who emailed me N>saying they heard mine was a warez BBS and asking how to get access. I never N>ran a warez BBS, so I always told them it wasn't. I always wondered where th N>heard I ran a warez BBS, but years later I realized they could have been from N>law enforcement trying to see if they could find and catch sysops running war N>BBSes.
Do you mean your wife was the co-sysop? That's pretty cool if so. I know a N>lot of wives aren't really into computer hobbies.
Do you mean your wife was the co-sysop? That's pretty cool if so. I
know a lot of wives aren't really into computer hobbies.
Yes, she was. Ironically, we met on a BBS that was run by the local college, the University Of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) Computer
Science Department. While the college and the Computer Science
Department are still around, the BBS is long gone.
We were friends for 17 1/2 years, and never thought about marriage,
let alone to each other. We hit it off on 2002, and got married in
2003. Tragically, she died of a massive heart attack 3 weeks shy of our 4th anniversary. I didn't get married until I was 43, but never dreamed I'd be a widower at 47.
As for Co-Sysop, she also took an active part in the doorgames, and we competed fiercely in them. She was a great winner, but she sure was a
sore loser!! <G>
As for Co-Sysop, she also took an active part in the doorgames, and we competed fiercely in them. She was a great winner, but she sure was a sore loser!! <G>
That's certainly an unusual story. :)
Daryl Stout wrote to NIGHTFOX <=-
Then, I realized the following:
1) You're not at the host console.
2) You don't know your password.
3) You can't logon to your own BBS.
Can you say "humble pie and salted crow"??!! :P
There are email verification scripts you can use these days. When a new user signs up, the email validator will send them a code via email that the user must enter to be upgraded to a regular user account. I used to use one of those on my BBS, but I have removed it for now.. I noticed some users would get to that point and hang up, and perhaps some users didn't want to provide their real email address.
Back in the 90s, when I ran my first BBS, I got a few users who emailed me saying they heard mine was a warez BBS and asking how to get access. I never ran a warez BBS, so I always told them it wasn't.
An email verifier makes sense if you're providing email services so people don't auto-sign up, but my gut feeling is that a new user validation with limited access before validation probably worked best in my setup.
email validation just works well to keep out
a lot of bad people.
it has an even bigger place in today's age. bbsing is dead, people dont want M>what we have to offer. THAT is the problem. going around and saying 'hey i'm M>retro, come visit' doesnt do jack shit but get someone to visit you once to M>never return again.
There was an interesting article from Allen Prunty, in a recent issue
of The FidoGazette, on "The Relevance of BBSing in 2017"...I thought it
Daryl Stout wrote to MRO <=-
There was an interesting article from Allen Prunty, in a recent issue
of The FidoGazette, on "The Relevance of BBSing in 2017"...I thought it was good reading...so much so, that it's on my bulletins menu.
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