Subj : Re: something new..
To   : Terry Roati
From : Alan Ianson
Date : Tue Feb 07 2023 11:59 pm

> I lived in Manila when I setup my BBS back in the nineties, I had over a 1000
> users and two 24 hour phone lines and back then I required the following
> complusory info.

I don't think I ever got up to a thousand users but I had several hundred, 
around 700 back then.

> Real Name
> Birthday
> Phone Number
> Calling From

> To prevent duplicate accounts and for security, I used a CBV before a new
> users could get full access.

> No one complained back then as all BBSs used a CBV for security.

Yep, that's just the way it was then. Folks generally used their real name.

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