>  MvLe> I'm going to remove phone number validation altogether. It's no
 >  MvLe> longer relevant in this day and age and/or is too restrictive for
 >  MvLe> different formats eg. international convention.
 > 
 > i beg to differ... removing it could be a huge mistake that will bite you
 > on the ass really hard :P

 MvLe> Yeah I suppose. 

 MvLe> Rather than hardcode it in the software, it should query a text
 MvLe> file like "badphone.txt" or something.

that might be a workable idea...

 MvLe> But I have a hard time believing anybody takes BBS phone numbers
 MvLe> seriously these days. Replacing it with maybe an IP or home page
 MvLe> would make more sense. 

those can maybe be two additional user data fields... remember, there's
still a lot of POTs capable BBS' out there and many have quite active local
user communities... just because we don't see or hear of them in fidonet
doesn't mean that they're not still out there ;)

 MvLe> As for call-back verifiers (CBV), that should be handled by the CBV
 MvLe> software because Maximus has no internal CBV. 

the CBV takes the callback number from the user's data profile... if it
asked for one, what would be the use of the CBV in the first place? that's
one reason why they are asked for their voice number and their data
number... also, there's been many times that i've seen someone online on my
bbs that was obviously having problems or was needing assistance while they
were online... if they only list phone number, it is rather hard to call
them to help if they are using that number for their connection... however,
if they list two numbers, then it is a much easier task to call them and
walk them thru things while they are online or trying to come online...

methinks you are simply not aware of life outside the internet and 24x7
connectivity... definitely nothing near a "local community"
atmosphere :?

)\/(ark