I am trying to make an echo readonly, even for myself. I have attempted
to use the readonly attribute on FIDOTEST, putting it in a couple of
places that looked reasonable -- but my messages there are still getting
out.

Here is my last attempt (I did siltn after making the changes).

MsgArea FIDOTEST
ACS normal
Style Squish Echo pub RealName HighBit readonly
Path H:\IM\MAIL\SQ\FIDOTEST
Tag FIDOTEST
Desc FIDOTEST
Renum Days 7
Renum Max 800
End MsgArea

Can anyone tell me how to accomplish my goal?

Dale Shipp
fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
(1:261/1466)


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On 2018 Nov 25 01:23:08, you wrote to All:

Can anyone tell me how to accomplish my goal?

are you the sysop? some BBS packages allow the sysop to do everything even if it is blocked for others...

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Hello Dale,

25 Nov 18 01:23 at you wrote to All:

I am trying to make an echo readonly, even for myself. I have
attempted to use the readonly attribute on FIDOTEST, putting it in a couple of places that looked reasonable -- but my messages there are
still getting out.

Max will still let you post as a sysop in a ReadOnly echo. You might have to set a flag to not have to post in the echo.

Later,
Sean

... Never have more children than you have car windows. - Erma Bombeck
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On 11-25-18 09:29, Mark Lewis <=-
spoke to Dale Shipp about Help needed <=-

Can anyone tell me how to accomplish my goal?

are you the sysop? some BBS packages allow the sysop to do
everything even if it is blocked for others...

Yes, I am the sysop. Even so, I want it to be blocked even for me since
access is read only and I do not want to make a mistake.

Dale Shipp
fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
(1:261/1466)


... Shipwrecked on Hesperus in Columbia, Maryland. 23:01:26, 25 Nov 2018
___ Blue Wave/DOS v2.30

--- Maximus/NT 3.01
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On 11-25-18 22:14, Sean Dennis <=-
spoke to Dale Shipp about Help needed <=-

I am trying to make an echo readonly, even for myself. I have
attempted to use the readonly attribute on FIDOTEST, putting it in a couple of places that looked reasonable -- but my messages there are
still getting out.

Max will still let you post as a sysop in a ReadOnly echo. You might
have to set a flag to not have to post in the echo.

That is what I was beginning to suspect -- do you know of a flag that
would prevent inadvertent posting?

Dale Shipp
fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
(1:261/1466)


... Shipwrecked on Hesperus in Columbia, Maryland. 23:02:48, 25 Nov 2018
___ Blue Wave/DOS v2.30

--- Maximus/NT 3.01
* Origin: Owl's Anchor (1:261/1466)

Hello Dale,

25 Nov 18 23:01 at you wrote to me:

That is what I was beginning to suspect -- do you know of a flag that would prevent inadvertent posting?

What I did was add the flag P to everyone's account. Then in the ACS of the area, I added "!P" to post. I am at work right now (on break!) and will take a look at my MSGAREA.CTL when I get home tonight.

On a side note: I bought ArcaOS Personal Edition and was able to successfully install it on a Lenovo ThinkCentre M80 SFF desktop. I have a few more arrangements to make and I'll bring my Max/2 system back online again.

Later,
Sean

... He who hesitates is not only lost but miles from the next exit.
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