Re: Prevent New Web users from posting
  By: Dumas Walker to All on Fri Dec 30 2022 10:44 am

 > I am trying to figure out how, or if there is a way, to restrict only New
 > and WWW (i.e. they meet both requirements) from being able to post in
 > message areas until they are upgraded.  I was hoping to figure out that
 > maybe I could set the new user level for those users to a separate value
 > than for telnet/SSH/etc. users.

Better yet, just check the protocol in the posting requirements string:
        LEVEL  OR PROT != HTTP*

Where  is your upgraded-user level. That should do what you're wanting. "HTTP*" should match either "HTTP" or "HTTPS".

 > I have read here before that some people don't allow WWW users to post at
 > all even after they are not new (which I don't want to do).  I currently
 > have it set where all new users cannot post (or even see the message areas)
 > by setting one new user level that is lower than the access level for all
 > the areas.
 >
 > Is there a way to set the new-user access level for WWW new users to a lower
 > value than the others, or restrict their posting abilities while they are
 > "new"?
 >
 > I checked the wiki and the docs but couldn't find what I was looking for.

https://wiki.synchro.net/access:requirements
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