From: chris.martin@THRWHITE.remove-w73-this   
      
     To: alt.bbs.allsysop   
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   Once upon a time, out on MARS.   
      
   While reading the mail, wispering this:   
      
   >I have just one beef with your rule.  I have had many experiences with   
   >sysops   
   >who have misused the user records.  One cosysop of a BBS I was on long   
   >ago, used the BBS user records as his personal phonebook when the BBS   
   >went down.  I never got any peace because he'd call me all the time.   
      
   RR> I've had similar problems, especially as a door author.  It's rather   
   RR> irritating   
   RR> to be getting 4am phone calls on my cell phone from a random sysop with a   
   RR> DoorMUD question, who got my number since I left it when making an account   
   on   
   RR> his board 6 months prior...   
      
   That has to be Sysop specific. Not ALL do this...   
      
   RR> Don't get me wrong, I'm all about providing sysop support, but via *e-mail*   
      
   RR> please... I do not provide 24/7 voice support and never will, it just isn't   
      
   RR> practical.   
      
   I agree... Email is sufficient.   
      
   RR> Needless to say, I never leave my real phone number at all anymore.   
   RR> Sometimes,   
   RR> can't even use my real name... I get accused of cheating if I ever enter my   
      
   RR> own   
   RR> doors (even though I'm just doing it to obtain feedback/suggestions from ot   
   her   
   RR> on-line players in the game).  Also sometimes get threats from other   
   RR> players/sysops if I play *other* doors (I've actually gotten mails like "I   
   RR> can't believe you killed me in TradeWars, I'm going to boycott/delete your   
   RR> doors!"... sigh)   
      
   Sounds like they are either just being "pissy" or they haven't   
   figured out how to play the games effectively.. :*)   
      
   My board requires the "Real Name" due to echo restrictions (Fido,   
   and a couple of others), and a location. The CBV uses the entered   
   user phone number, but it is WildCat! specific and accesses the   
   ecrypted database for it. No one else can see it, or access it.   
   Even I can't see some of the data, without specific utilities to   
   do so, and I haven't needed it in the 10+years the board has been   
   running.   
      
   RR> Regards,   
   RR> Evan   
      
   Back at ya..   
      
   Chris Martin, The MARS Station BBS   
      
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