GM> msgarea.ctl area 1 is flagged only with the Pvt style, 
 GM> but sysops can still enter public messages, so if you 
 GM> address a public message to all, it'll get read using 
 VF> Small caveat.  My personal bucket of sysop tricks 
 VF> includes the hidden account "All" so that some new bozo 
 VF> can't log on with "All" as a handle or name and cause 
 VF> havoc.
just put a line with "All" in the badusers.bbs file. That'll stop it to, and 
it takes less space than an account in user.bbs (not that it takes much there 
either =)
ttyl, greg
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