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- Setting up a Post Call Ratio in Telegard
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- March 21st, 1996
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- Phil Clarke aka Rx
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- INTRODUCTION I
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- This is a very simple concept, which is often mistaken as being
- complicated I often get sysops asking me how to set a PCR up finally
- I got tired of answering the same questions over and over again and
- this document came to be.
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- A post call ratio is a way to make sure your users do not abuse
- your system. It can be used to prevent people from logging on and
- playing online games without contributing to the system or to hinder
- the file leech. Depending on the settings you choose. From here on
- in the term "Post Call Ratio" were will be referred to as a PCR.
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- HOW IT WORKS II
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- The first thing to consider is whether or not you want to have
- different PCR levels for different security levels or not. I find it
- useful having different levels as donators should not be subject to
- a PCR and lower levels should be. To set this up you will need to
- go into the system configuration.
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- (3)Post/Call Ratios [Select this option]
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- You will be given a table of all your security levels with their
- associated PCR. The PCR in this table is written in the form of one
- post for every # calls. Here are a couple of examples:
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- 20:2 In this case a user with security level 20 must post
- at least one post for every two calls to pass the PCR.
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- 50:3 In this case a user with security level 50 must post
- at least one post for every three calls to pass the PCR.
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- 60:5 Finally in this case a user with level 60 must post at
- least one post for every five calls to pass the PCR.
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- Set these settings accordingly. I would not recommend a PCR any
- steeper than 1:2 but there are different types of boards and different
- ratios are needed.
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- ** NOTE ** The Special Restriction "2" (no post/call ratio check) will
- cause Telegard to ignore the table settings for any user
- with this flag. It can be useful for your staff, friends,
- or special accounts on your system.
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- Now we must understand how Telegard determines whether or not a user
- passes or fails the PCR. Let's look at a couple of examples (in these
- examples we assume a PCR of 1:2 has been setup for security level 25:
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- User Name : File Lover
- Security : 25
- Posts : 2
- Calls : 10
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- In this case File Lover's PCR would be calculated as follows,
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- PCR = CALLS / POSTS
- PCR = 10 / 2
- PCR = 5
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- Meaning File Lover's PCR is 1:5 thus he FAILS.
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- User Name : Msg Poster
- Security : 25
- Posts : 16
- Calls : 7
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- In this case Msg Poster's PCR would be calculated as follows,
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- PCR = CALLS / POSTS
- PCR = 7 / 16
- PCR = 0.4
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- Meaning Msg Poster's PCR is 1:0.1 thus he PASSES.
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- Now the final point of setting up a PCR is how to use it, let's
- say you would like to lock users out of the files if they fail your
- PCR. You would use the following method:
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- command #1
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- 3. Keys F
- 4. Command -F (Display a File)
- 5. Options fail.ans (FAIL.ANS)
- 6. Access s50!VP (s50 AND DID NOT PASSED PCR)
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- command #2
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- 3. Keys F
- 4. Command -^ (Go to the File menu)
- 5. Options file
- 6. Access s50&VP (s50 AND PASSED PCR)
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- There are several different ways you can use this, be creative
- a PCR check in the logon can make a board look very polished. Simply
- use the VP internal flag and call up applicable files based on that.
- A nice PCR check screen could include the users Posts, Calls and other
- statistics. For a complete reference of these check out the file:
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- MCI.REF (a reference of the MCI codes in Telegard)
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- Tim has included this in the Telegard archive, you'll find it
- in your NOTES directory. If you are new to Telegard it may be worth
- your time printing it out. Even if your not new, there are a lot of
- mci codes there it's a good reference to have on paper.
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- INCLUDED GRAPHICS III
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- The ANSI/ASCII graphics included in this package are quite basic
- examples of what can be done. But you can try them out if it helps
- you to understand thats even better!
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- ** NOTE ** A PCR Check can actually be done in one file.
- This will be covered in a another file, about
- cutting down on the number of files in your
- TEXT directory.
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- OTHER INFO IV
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- Watch for more documents, I will be releasing a series ranging
- from basic concepts like this to advanced customization and making
- the most of Telegard's internal Scripting language.
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- CONTACT INFO V
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- BBS : XTC 1-905-791-4867
- FIDO : Hope to have an address for the next release.
- INTERNET : rx@apc.tor250.org
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- If you are local to the 416/905 area code I can be found on most
- of the major support boards including Tim Strike's.
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- SPECIAL THANKS TO : TIM STRIKE for all his work.
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