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When presented with the login prompt, typing 'New' allows a user to create a new account. This process is detailed here in linear fashion.

Creation process

Locked account creation

If the sysops specify in Conspire Requirements Specification/Config menu/System, account creation may be locked with a password.

Name: New

Please choose a name, up to 18 letters long: New Guy

Account creation is locked on this system!

Enter password or Ctrl-D to exit ->

Username and password

Name: New

Please choose a name, up to 18 letters long: New Guy

Now choose a password for yourself.  Try to pick a password
that no one would ever guess.  It is in your best interest to choose
a password that has punctuation, numbers, or a mix of lower and upper
case letters, or even a nonsense word, such as glumph.

Choose a password, at least six characters long: .....

Your password must be at least 6 characters long.  Please try again.

Choose a password, at least six characters long: ......
Again for verification: ......

Name: New

Please choose a name, up to 18 letters long: Neurophyre

That name is already in use.
Please try again or hit ctrl-D to exit.

Choose a password, at least six characters long: ....

Your password must be at least 6 characters long.  Please try again.

Personal details

At this point, the user is asked for personal information. Which of these is mandatory is configurable by the sysops from the config menu.

Now we need your name and address information.  Please enter your real name.
Entering a fake name is not advised.

You will be given the opportunity to hide this information from the other
users if you do not want it publically visible.

Entries marked with a star (*) are mandatory.  Others may be left blank.

* Your full name (first AND last!): Random Person
  Street address: 1241 Pearson Ln.
  City: Yarmouth
  State/country: MA
  ZIP or mail code: 02435
  Phone number (including area code): 508-234-2342

You must enter a valid e-mail address.  A verification e-mail will be sent
to you at this address.

* E-mail address: spambox@blah.com


OK, now we've got everything we need.  You can now review what you have
provided and be given a chance to correct yourself if you made a mistake.

You entered:

* Name: Random Person
  Street: 1241 Pearson Ln.
  City: Yarmouth
  State/Country: MA
  ZIP/mail code: 02435
  Phone: 508-234-2342
* E-mail address: spambox@blah.com

Mandatory re-prompting:

* Your full name (first AND last!):
This is a mandatory item.
* Your full name (first AND last!):

Mistakes

If the user enters no at the following prompt, the entire process is restarted from username selection.

Does this look correct? (Y/N) -> Yes

Does this look correct? (Y/N) -> No

Okay, we'll start again from the beginning...

Profile hiding

If you do not wish other users to be able to see your real name, address, and
other information, you may hide your identity.  This option can be modified
later from the <C>onfig menu.

Hide your real identity? (Y/N) -> Yes

Account creation

OK, that's it, your account is now being created...

Your account has been created.

Hit return to continue...

Color check

COLOR

Do you wish to enable color?  Answer no if the above word did not appear
in color or appeared as garbage.

Enable color? (Y/N) ->

Introduction helpfile

At this point some information is displayed followed by the 'introduction' help file. This help file must be present on all systems and is a standard part of the distribution. See Conspire Requirements Specification/Help menu.

You will now be given some helpful information on how to use the BBS.

If you have never used a DOC-style BBS, it may be helpful to write down
some of the things you see.  When reading messages, menus are not displayed
unless you hit <?>.

Hit return to continue...

[help file text]

Lobby

After the introduction file is displayed, the user is <j>umped to the Lobby for the first time (which results in roominfo being displayed, see Conspire Requirements Specification/Short prompt commands#Jump).

Account setup

The user's account is created according to the following schema:

• All rooms unzapped (except guessname, passworded, etc)
• Doing field blank (such that Message system is displayed, not truly blank)
• Profile info blank
• eXpress messages enabled (for appropriate clients)
• Novice flag set

E-mail validation

A validation e-mail is sent to the user's e-mail address with a 5 digit code which must be entered for verification purposes.

Hello Username,

This is a validation e-mail from BBS Name BBS.  It contains a 5 digit code
which you must enter to verify your e-mail address.

  Your verification code is:  34523

To enter the code, hit <V>erify from the short prompt or when you are reading
messages.  That's a capital V (shift-V), not a lower-case V.

Thanks,
The Sysops