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New User Settings 2
This section of the Mystic BBS Configuration System allows the SysOp to configure the second of several sections of settings that apply to new users when registering to join the BBS. Here you can decide if you want to ask new users a variety of questions.
This example screen displays the options available.
█▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ New User Settings ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ █ █ █ Ask Theme │ No Ask Email │ Yes █ █ Ask Real Name │ Yes Date Type │ DD/MM/YY █ █ Ask Alias │ Yes Hot Keys │ Yes █ █ Ask Street │ No Protocol │ No █ █ Ask City/State │ Yes Node Chat │ ANSI █ █ Ask ZipCode │ No File List │ ANSI █ █ Ask Home Phone │ No Message Reader │ ANSI █ █ Ask Cell Phone │ No Read at Index │ Yes █ █ Ask Birthdate │ Yes Email at Index │ Yes █ █ Ask Gender │ Yes Message Editor │ Full █ █ Ask UserNote │ No Quote Mode │ Window █ █ Ask Screensize │ No █ █ █ ▀▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█
Ask Theme
If this option is set to 'Yes' users will be asked they wish to choose from a list of available themes on the BBS. Each theme is a set of menus and graphics that can be created by the sysop.
Ask Real Name
If this option is set to Yes, Mystic BBS will ask new users for their real name.
Ask Alias
If this option is set to Yes, Mystic BBS will ask new users for an Alias.
Ask Street
If this option is set to Yes, Mystic BBS will ask new users for their street address.
Ask City/State
If this option is set to Yes, Mystic BBS will ask new users for their City and State.
Ask ZipCode
If this option is set to Yes, Mystic BBS will ask new users for their Zip code.
Ask Home Phone
If this option is set to Yes, Mystic BBS will ask new users for their home phone number.
Ask Cell Phone
If this option is set to Yes, Mystic BBS will ask new users for their cell phone number.
Ask Birthdate
If this option is set to Yes, Mystic BBS will ask new users for their date of birth.
Ask Gender
If this option is set to Yes, Mystic BBS will ask new users for their gender.
Ask UserNote
Ask Screensize
Ask Email
Date Type
This option sets the date format which will be used for each user. Valid options are MM/DD/YY, DD/MM/YY, YY/DD/MM, or Ask. If this option is set to Ask, Mystic BBS will ask each new user which date format they'd like to use.