Dude. Turn off the autopilot.

I had to activate the DUPLICATE MESSAGE FILTER over here,
as some BBS's are posting the ad for their system several
times a day!! Some will do it once a day, and others once a
week. I did mine once a month.

Also, in some echoes, I have "autoposts" with the Today
In History program, but they recycle on a yearly basis. Yet,
some moderators have prohibited autoposts...so for those
echoes, I turned them off, or unjoined the echo entirely.

Daryl

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Daryl Stout wrote to Gamgee <=-

Dude. Turn off the autopilot.

I had to activate the DUPLICATE MESSAGE FILTER over here,
as some BBS's are posting the ad for their system several
times a day!! Some will do it once a day, and others once a
week. I did mine once a month.

Yep, there are definitely some systems with what I would call excessively-frequent ad postings. I have mine set to autopost every 10
days, which seems reasonable to me.

Also, in some echoes, I have "autoposts" with the Today
In History program, but they recycle on a yearly basis. Yet,
some moderators have prohibited autoposts...so for those
echoes, I turned them off, or unjoined the echo entirely.

Yes, I'd say there are some echos that shouldn't have autoposts.

My point to the OP was that his "ad" didn't even have any content, and
he doesn't even realize it. Also I think his domain/address has changed compared to what is in the ad's origin line.

Unfortunately, at least in my opinion, there are more than a few "BBSes"
that get started up and then not checked or looked at for weeks/months
at a time. That's not what being a Sysop is all about.




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Dude. Turn off the autopilot.

I had to activate the DUPLICATE MESSAGE FILTER over here,
as some BBS's are posting the ad for their system several
times a day!! Some will do it once a day, and others once a
week. I did mine once a month.

I think the complaint in this case is that the ads in question are being
posted empty. That is, unless the Origin line is meant to be the ad. ;)

Mike

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Re: Re: The Viper BBS
By: Dumas Walker to DARYL STOUT on Wed Dec 17 2025 09:30 am

Dude. Turn off the autopilot.

I had to activate the DUPLICATE MESSAGE FILTER over here, as some
BBS's are posting the ad for their system several times a day!!
Some will do it once a day, and others once a week. I did mine once
a month.

I think the complaint in this case is that the ads in question
are being posted empty. That is, unless the Origin line is meant
to be the ad. ;)

i think i told him one other time. now i told him gain.

who is posting "serveral times a day"?

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Re: Re: The Viper BBS
By: MRO to Dumas Walker on Wed Dec 17 2025 03:53 pm

Dude. Turn off the autopilot.

I had to activate the DUPLICATE MESSAGE FILTER over here, as some
BBS's are posting the ad for their system several times a day!! Some will do it once a day, and others once a week. I did mine once a
month.

I think the complaint in this case is that the ads in question are
being posted empty. That is, unless the Origin line is meant to be
the ad. ;)

i think i told him one other time. now i told him gain.

who is posting "serveral times a day"?

*again. sorry keyboard dont work as good as it used to.

i post once a week. do you guys think that's too much?

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Dude. Turn off the autopilot.

I had to activate the DUPLICATE MESSAGE FILTER over here, as some
BBS's are posting the ad for their system several times a day!!
Some will do it once a day, and others once a week. I did mine once
a month.

I think the complaint in this case is that the ads in question
are being posted empty. That is, unless the Origin line is meant
to be the ad. ;)

i think i told him one other time. now i told him gain.

who is posting "serveral times a day"?

I am not sure, that wasn't my complaint, just part of what I quoted.


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Re: Re: The Viper BBS
By: Dumas Walker to MRO on Thu Dec 18 2025 12:54 pm

who is posting "serveral times a day"?

I am not sure, that wasn't my complaint, just part of what I quoted.

yeah i know i was hoping someone else saw it. i dont.

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who is posting "serveral times a day"?

I am not sure, that wasn't my complaint, just part of what I quoted.

yeah i know i was hoping someone else saw it. i dont.

I am not sure anyone is doing it here, but there seem to be folks that do
it in the FIDO BBS ads echo from time to time. When I was moderating that
one for a while, I would reach out to the sysops via netmail and ask them to check their settings. I might get a response and they'd fix it, but
usually I never heard back.


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Yep, there are definitely some systems with what I would call excessively-frequent ad postings. I have mine set to autopost
every 10 days, which seems reasonable to me.

As noted, I figure once a month is sufficient. If they want to
logon to my BBS, they will. I'd rather have quality of users than
quantity of users.

Yes, I'd say there are some echos that shouldn't have
autoposts.

At least with the Today In History ones, they recycle on a yearly
basis, and not the same post every day.

My point to the OP was that his "ad" didn't even have any
content, and he doesn't even realize it. Also I think his
domain/address has changed compared to what is in the ad's
origin line.

I saw that post...just a line at the top, and nothing else.

Unfortunately, at least in my opinion, there are more than a
few "BBSes" that get started up and then not checked or looked
at for weeks/months at a time. That's not what being a Sysop
is all about.

Exactly. If I do nothing else on the BBS, I take care of the
messages first...the doorgames and the rest of it can wait.

... Gone crazy, be back later, please leave message.

I saw a meme with Santa Claus, that noted "I've been watching
you all year. You're not just naughty...you're mentally disturbed".

I told a lady friend "Damn...we've been found out". <G>

Daryl

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Mike,

I think the complaint in this case is that the ads in question
are being posted empty. That is, unless the Origin line is
meant to be the ad. ;)

That's a first. :P

I think the only place they allow quoting of the origin lines is in
the "test messages: areas.

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You'll collect payment later. <G>

Daryl

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Re: Re: The Viper BBS
By: Daryl Stout to Dumas Walker on Sun Dec 21 2025 11:28 pm

... I got gas for under a dollar the other day...but it was from Taco Bell.

Your tagline is outdated. You can't get anything at Taco Bell for under a dollar.

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phigan wrote to Daryl Stout <=-

... I got gas for under a dollar the other day...but it was from Taco Bell.

Your tagline is outdated. You can't get anything at Taco Bell for under
a dollar.

Hot sauce packets are still free - for now. Wait until they start
charging for more than one packet per item.



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... I got gas for under a dollar the other day...but it was from Taco Bell.

Your tagline is outdated. You can't get anything at Taco Bell
for under a dollar.

The same holds true everywhere else.

I still remember when gasoline was 25 cents a gallon. While growing up
in south Florida, there were "Gas Wars" between nearby stations, with
the price between 35 and 40 cents a gallon. At the time, my father (who
had been gone 19 years now) lamented "I don't know what we'll do if it
hits 40 cents a gallon!!".

What we wouldn't give for that nowadays!!

Daryl

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Re: Re: The Viper BBS
By: Daryl Stout to phigan on Tue Dec 30 2025 03:27 am

The same holds true everywhere else.

Srs.. You used to be able to feed three people on 15 bux, and that seemed
high! And just over-night it became 30, no matter where you go. Coordinated.

I still remember when gasoline was 25 cents a gallon. While growing up

My experience was filling up my shitty old cars while everyone making a big deal that gas was "back down under a dollar" (aka 99.99 cents).

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Daryl Stout wrote to phigan <=-

I still remember when gasoline was 25 cents a gallon. While growing
up in south Florida, there were "Gas Wars" between nearby stations,
with the price between 35 and 40 cents a gallon. At the time, my father (who had been gone 19 years now) lamented "I don't know what we'll do
if it hits 40 cents a gallon!!".

What we wouldn't give for that nowadays!!

I remember 56.9 cents per gallon. Although, my car at the time got 15
mpg... Yesterday, I filled up for $3.69 a gallon and got 51 mpg driving
home.



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