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  Re: Totally Confused...
  By: Martin Kazmaier to Digital Man on Sat Dec 20 2025 05:53 pm

 >  DM> > I added that and it still does the same thing. I gave up and am using
 >  DM> an
 >  DM> > external server.  This was quite unpleasant.  I followed the
 >  DM> instructions
 >  DM> > to the letter and it didn't work as stated.

 >  DM> I agree: you've been quite unpleasant to deal with. Good riddance. --
 >  DM> digital man (rob)
 >
 > Have you never dealt with a neuro-divergent individual?

Of course I have.

 > We can be
 > difficult, but we totally mean well.  Our brains don't work like normal
 > people's, we
 > don't think coherently or cohesively, but we can be highly intelligent.
 > That's the only way we remain semi-lucid.  I didn't mean to cause you
 > difficulty, I just don't deal well when things don't work the way they are
 > supposed to.  In my case, it's the new user procedure that needs to be
 > disabled.  Every time I connect, it's as a new user and the real name isn't
 > accepted as the same as the handle (sbbs simply reports that it's either a
 > dupe or invalid) as I think it's only 1 word.

And I told you how to disable that real name prompt.

If you connect a second time with the same name, that wouldn't be another new
user either, so "every time" sounds incorrect as well.

 > I'd love to be able to get
 > this to work, but until then I'll be semi-satisfied with using the anet
 > online game server for individual games.

Cool. I've never heard of it. Looks like it's running Synchronet:
a-net-online.lol
-- 
                                            digital man (rob)

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