• BBS users

    From Alonzo@21:1/130 to All on Sunday, March 24, 2024 01:39:56
    I am running a Mystic BBS and during the past couple of years
    I have gathered a lot of users who are no longer active. And
    some of them never were. Is there a script or something that
    will delete inactive users - maybe users who have not logged
    on in several months? I could write my own, if I knew
    which file to update. Where is the list of users kept in
    Mystic? Thanks for any help.

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  • From Zip@21:1/202 to Alonzo on Sunday, March 24, 2024 09:21:42
    Hello Alonzo!

    On 24 Mar 2024, Alonzo said the following...

    some of them never were. Is there a script or something that
    will delete inactive users - maybe users who have not logged
    on in several months? I could write my own, if I knew

    MUTIL has this available -- check out the PurgeUserBase setting and the [PurgeUserBase] stanza in mutil.ini.

    Hope this helps!

    Best regards
    Zip

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  • From fusion@21:1/616 to Warpslide on Sunday, March 24, 2024 14:56:42
    On 24 Mar 2024, Warpslide said the following...

    On 24 Mar 2024, Alonzo said the following...

    Is there a script or something that
    will delete inactive users - maybe users who have not logged
    on in several months? I could write my own, if I knew
    which file to update. Where is the list of users kept in
    Mystic?

    Yes, have a look in mutil.ini:

    [General]
    PurgeUserBase = true


    [PurgeUserBase]

    ; Mark users for deletion that haven't called in days.
    ; This value cannot be less than 7

    days = 180

    that being said.. and i guess this doesn't apply to everyone but.. there are boards i used to call once a year, and ones i still do call with that sort of frequency. on one i politely asked to be made permanent because i don't call that frequently but sure-as-sh*t every so often they'll pop into my head. i think the answer was just basically "call more frequently so you don't get deleted." the next time a year or so later when i called my account was gone and then i just didn't ever call back. the board's probably been gone for years by now but i still think to call lol.

    i guess the point is .. don't be in a rush to save a few kilobytes of space in your user database .. somebody might show up again.

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  • From Alonzo@21:1/130 to Zip on Sunday, March 24, 2024 16:19:49
    Is there a script or something that
    will delete inactive users - maybe users who have not logged
    on in several months?

    MUTIL has this available -- check out the PurgeUserBase setting and the [PurgeUserBase] stanza in mutil.ini.

    Thanks a lot. I will give that a try.

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  • From Alonzo@21:1/130 to Warpslide on Sunday, March 24, 2024 16:22:25
    Is there a script or something that
    will delete inactive users - maybe users who have not logged
    on in several months? I could write my own, if I knew

    Yes, have a look in mutil.ini:
    [General]
    PurgeUserBase = true
    ; Mark users for deletion that haven't called in days.
    ; This value cannot be less than 7
    days = 180

    Thanks a lot.

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  • From Warpslide@21:3/110 to Alonzo on Sunday, March 24, 2024 04:29:20
    On 24 Mar 2024, Alonzo said the following...

    Is there a script or something that
    will delete inactive users - maybe users who have not logged
    on in several months? I could write my own, if I knew
    which file to update. Where is the list of users kept in
    Mystic?

    Yes, have a look in mutil.ini:

    [General]
    PurgeUserBase = true


    [PurgeUserBase]

    ; Mark users for deletion that haven't called in days.
    ; This value cannot be less than 7

    days = 180


    Jay

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  • From hollowone@21:2/150 to fusion on Saturday, April 20, 2024 14:28:00
    that being said.. and i guess this doesn't apply to everyone but.. there are boards i used to call once a year, and ones i still do call with
    that sort of frequency. on one i politely asked to be made permanent because i don't call that frequently but sure-as-sh*t every so often they'll pop into my head. i think the answer was just basically "call
    more frequently so you don't get deleted." the next time a year or so later when i called my account was gone and then i just didn't ever call back. the board's probably been gone for years by now but i still think
    to call lol.

    I think there is an important point here to take by sysops of truly niche and almost zero traffic boards. We all who come back to BBS scene as users like to see places we visit vidid! When we're triggered by your doors opened.. fascinated, we come back mostly next day.. or few only to check nothing really happens... so we give a week or two... and if nothing happens it's just saved in SyncTerm or whatever client used and next is checked.

    Then the list of visited BBSes grows to 20-30 but maybe 3-6 are visited on daily/weekly basis... all other are basically a dead list, unless as a user with a "BBS day" attitude I'm willing to discover new or rediscover what I kept skipping for a longer time.

    Deleting a user after 3 months.. even a year may be a bad tactics if you haven't won a heart in first week or two. It costs nothing to keep us dormant I believe... luckily hoping we still remember the password.

    I think more important fact is to understand what makes you less niche as a board. The most interesting boards I visit on daily basis is always about local discussions + FTN. Some reason the same for online gaming.... whatever the porn is about... I'd rather stay focused on engaging users than deleting them if I was personally a sysop.

    -h1

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