On Wed, 11 Sep 2002, Brad Knowles wrote:
> > B) KNOW WHO THE HELL YOU'RE GIVING ACCOUNTS TO so that (A) works. Get > > a credit card or verify the phone number and other info (e.g., call > > them back, insist on calling them back.) > > > C) Use (B) to enforce (A). > > Doesn't work. See above. Back in the day, a reasonable BBS would voice-validate all new users. This meant getting a valid phone number from a new user, and actually calling them back at that number, before activating an account. We started as a BBS giving out Unix shell accounts. Our new user registration screen still says we voice-validate all new accounts, and we do. ========================================================== Chris Candreva -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- (914) 967-7816 WestNet Internet Services of Westchester http://www.westnet.com/