Quoting John Aldrich's message to All
About Question.. last 11-15-97  22:17
Hi there, John!
 JA> My users aren't going through the CBV. I'd like to force them to enter
 JA> the CBV if they dont' have a certain flag....I'm using Callback by Gary
 JA> Zarzycki version 6.22.
 JA> I may just be brain-fried right now, but could someone post some mecca
 JA> code which could be appended to a "welcome" file to dump directly to
 JA> the Callback program?
Why not a new CBV altogether?  I've been using PADLOCK since (last
year?) and there's an option to have it run after calling it in the
WELCOME.MEC (WELCOME.BBS) file.
Here's something from the documentation of PADLOCK:
 == begin ==
7.      You are now ready to connect Padlock to your BBS. Since Padlock is
        started by displaying a .MEC file, you can call Padlock from almost
        anywhere inside Maximus. Generally, most sysops prefer one of the 
        following methods:
        a) Forcing all callers to pass through the verifier before entering
           the BBS.
        This has the following advantages:
                - Users MUST have their phone number verified before ever
                  seeing a BBS menu.
                - You may optionally force callers to reregister after a
                  given number of calls.
                - Verified users will be able to enter the BBS without
                  seeing Padlock.
        This provides the best security, so is recommended.
        To set up your BBS to do this, you will need to add the line:
        [link]padlock\login
        to EACH of the files WELCOME.MEC, ROOKIE.MEC, and NEWUSER2.MEC. 
        You must ensure that the user cannot abort the file before reaching 
        this line. This can be done by either making this the first line in
        the file or by adding the statement [ckoff] to the top of the file.
 == end ==
There's a MECCA file which calls the CBV program from the WELCOME.BBS
file as well:
 == begin login.mec ==
[comment
If you include this file in your WELCOME.MEC file, it will force unregistered
users to pass through the call back verifier before entering the BBS. Local
logins and registered users will not be affected.
][ifexist]padflag.%k [delete]padflag.%k
[islocal quit]
[MEX]padlock\unreg
[MEX]padlock\checkreg
[ifexist]padflag.%k [link]padlock\padlock
[MEX]padlock\dumpunrg
  = end login.mec ==
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Patrick
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