What I did was, I switched to that "Matrix menu" as it is called
and I changed the prompts to read "If you are human, press 1"
- This forces someone to actually press 1 before they are
taken to the actual logon screen. Bots still hit all the time
but they never get anywhere.

Tha seems like a simple enough solution. I would've never thought of that.

|02-=|10Cozmo|02=-

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Change your port if you can.

I'm not using the standard port 23 for telnet I use 2333. I don't relly want to change ports idf i don't have to.

|02-=|10Cozmo|02=-

... I think I am, therefore, I am... I think.

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On 25 Apr 2024 at 06:02p, Cozmo pondered and said...

I don't seem to have the auto blocker in my version of Mystic. I'm using A48. I have blocked some countries but like I said it's been pretty bad lately.

Hmm perhaps try the A49 pre-alpha version. I am not at home at the moment but can look when I get home if you don't beat me to it.

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On Thursday April 25 2024, Cozmo said the following...

I don't seem to have the auto blocker in my version of Mystic. I'm
using A48. I have blocked some countries but like I said it's been
pretty bad lately.

It should be located in your mystic\themes\default\scripts folder.

If it's not there you can download Mytsic A48 again and run:

install extract botcheck.mps c:\path\to\mystic\scripts


Jay

... I made a pencil with two erasers. It was pointless
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That IS the ESC TWICE TO LOGIN. It was a separate instance, but now included with Msystic.

It is? Is it a MPL?

That is correct. You had to download, compile, and setup before, but now it
is included within the .rar package.

from the WHATS NEW .TXT :

By request: Added a "botcheck.mps" which is a small MPL script to force the
user to press escape twice immediately after connecting. Rename to
connect.mps and compile in your scripts directory (assuming you are not
already using a connect script) if you wish to use it.

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bbs.f4fbbs.com:2323 or :62323

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I'm not using the standard port 23 for telnet I use 2333. I don't relly want to change ports idf i don't have to.

At least you aren't on 23 as I assumed you were reading your original post. I have 23 on the bot blocker, and 2323 on my instance and 62323 on another.

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Timothy Norris aka SirRonmit
admin@f4fbbs.com
bbs.f4fbbs.com:2323 or :62323

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Windows/32)
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That is correct. You had to download, compile, and setup before, but now it is included within the .rar package.

from the WHATS NEW .TXT :

By request: Added a "botcheck.mps" which is a small MPL script to force the user to press escape twice immediately after connecting. Rename
to connect.mps and compile in your scripts directory (assuming you
are not already using a connect script) if you wish to use it.

--

Nice, didn't know that.

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I don't seem to have the auto blocker in my version of Mystic. I'm us A48. I have blocked some countries but like I said it's been pretty b lately.

Hmm perhaps try the A49 pre-alpha version. I am not at home at the
moment but can look when I get home if you don't beat me to it.

I installed the Phenom Botchecker for now. I will try out the Mystic one also.

|02-=|10Cozmo|02=-

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Nice, didn't know that.

Yeah I thought it was awesome they collaborated on it.
I'm not sure if it is a setting or not, but my main BBS (non-23) shows the logo when telling you to hit esc twice, whereas my 23 closed BBS doesn't show a graphic, just says his esc twice. I believe (but honestly don't remember) that was how you could tell the difference between the manual MPL add-on versus the included with Mystic version.

Maybe someone who remembers can chime in and slap me sane?

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Timothy Norris aka SirRonmit
admin@f4fbbs.com
bbs.f4fbbs.com:2323 or :62323

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