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  • Restrict Message Area or Subs from QWK

    From WitNik@1:103/705 to All on Friday, January 15, 2021 19:24:39
    All,

    Is there a way to flag a message area or a sub to prevent it from being available for QWK download even if the user is able to access/read the conference?

    Use case: Disable a message area or subs from being available offline.

    Thanks,
    -WitNik

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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to WitNik on Saturday, January 16, 2021 12:14:11
    Re: Restrict Message Area or Subs from QWK
    By: WitNik to All on Fri Jan 15 2021 07:24 pm

    All,

    Is there a way to flag a message area or a sub to prevent it from being available for QWK download even if the user is able to access/read the conference?

    Use case: Disable a message area or subs from being available offline.

    There is not. I suppose a "QWK" ARS keyword could be added for that use case if you want to submit a feature request at https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues

    Of course, "offline" can mean a lot of things these days, so you might also want to exclude access via NNTP or HTTP. Can't really prevent a terminal user from "capturing" the text sent to their terminal however.
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  • From WitNik@1:103/705 to Digital Man on Saturday, January 16, 2021 13:39:48
    Re: Restrict Message Area or Subs from QWK
    By: Digital Man to WitNik on Sat Jan 16 2021 12:14 pm

    There is not. I suppose a "QWK" ARS keyword could be added for that use case if you want to submit a feature request at https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues

    Of course, "offline" can mean a lot of things these days, so you might also want to exclude access via NNTP or HTTP. Can't really prevent a terminal user from "capturing" the text sent to their terminal however.

    Thanks DM!

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