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  • slow down there, Newt, and read the instructions

    From Alonzo@21:1/130 to All on Monday, January 09, 2023 22:07:10
    I have a problem with new users who will just slam through the new user menus and eventually end up at the password prompt filled with nothingness because they didn't read anything. And then of course, they try to enter a password and the passwords don't match and so they get disconnected.

    Is there a way to add some prompts to the newuser.asc, preuser, and other pages? I really don't care what the prompts do. I just want to prevent people from slamming through the new user application because they were too lazy to wait for my BBS to detect their terminal emulation. It takes a few seconds for my board to detect their terminal emulation and I think they get impatient and start slapping the heck out of their ENTER key.

    ... Confucius say: "Man who runs behind car gets exhausted"

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/25 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: The Unmarked Van (21:1/130)
  • From opicron@21:3/126 to Alonzo on Tuesday, January 10, 2023 13:51:10
    I have a problem with new users who will just slam through the new user me and eventually end up at the password prompt filled with nothingness becau they didn't read anything. And then of course, they try to enter a passwor the passwords don't match and so they get disconnected.

    from slamming through the new user application because they were too lazy wait for my BBS to detect their terminal emulation. It takes a few seconds my board to detect their terminal emulation and I think they get impatient start slapping the heck out of their ENTER key.

    Maybe a small script to flush the buffer? You could do it with the scripts:

    startup.mps
    or
    connect.mps

    oP!

    ... Operator, give me the number for 911

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: TheForze - bbs.theforze.eu:23 (21:3/126)
  • From Alonzo@21:1/130 to opicron on Tuesday, January 10, 2023 10:36:49
    Maybe a small script to flush the buffer?
    Good idea. I could try that.

    ... What was the best thing before sliced bread?

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/25 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: The Unmarked Van (21:1/130)