On 03 Apr 2024, Rick Smith said the following...

 RS> I had been asked to remove one of my downlinks from a specific echo due
 RS> to rule violations, which I did.  My question is can I keep him from
 RS> resubscribing to that particular echo?  I have used levels for like
 RS> sysop specific etc would I have to do that? like set a write level on
 RS> that echo that matches everyone but him or is there a simpler way?

Check out the ReadOnly token:

3.5.16 ReadOnly
---------------
Syntax:
     'ReadOnly  '
Example:
     'ReadOnly 2:5021/19.* tver.sysop*'
     'ReadOnly 1:234/567 fidotest'
     'ReadOnly 21:3/110.1 fsx_*'

Using this they could still see the echo with %LIST and re-subscribe, but it would be read only for them.

I just tested this out with a test point, the echo area isn't listed as read only in %LIST but any messages they try and post to that area will go into BAD:

FROM: 21:3/110.1
REASON: Sender not allowed to post in this area (access import)
AREANAME: FSX_TST

The affected node won't receive any bounceback messages.


Jay

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