diff --git a/docs/dove-net.txt b/docs/dove-net.txt index 9e82f2b5dc04d1e5d30735200d40c842c1314bd6..2b866db33d1bb33d194cd5ceb43b8b733ed48ebb 100644 --- a/docs/dove-net.txt +++ b/docs/dove-net.txt @@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ years ago. DOVE-Net is not a democracy. You are not guaranteed "free speech" or "equal opportunity". DOVE-Net access is a privilege, not a right. +The sysops of DOVE-Net Node BBSes are expected to enforce the "Access +Requirements" of DOVE-Net, as specified later in this document. + Instructions ============ @@ -420,6 +423,16 @@ The "DOVE-Net Sysops Only" conference MUST NOT be publicly accessible. This message area is for discussion among DOVE-Net Sysops ONLY. This is the correct message area to use for "test messages". +If you have a Guest/Anonymous user account on your BBS, it MUST NOT have +posting privilages to *any* of the DOVE-Net conferences. This can most +easily be achieved in Synchronet by giving the "Guest" account the 'P' +(posting) or 'N' (networked sub-board) restrictions. When the "Guest" +account is created using the stock Synchronet 'makeguest.js' script, it will +already have the 'P' restriction applied. + +If a DOVE-Net QWKnet node (BBS) does not follow these Access Requirements, +it can, without warning or notice, lose some or all of its DOVE-Net access. + Gateways --------