In ProBoard you can grant different groups of users different rights concerning download limits and maximum online time per day. Additionally, you can limit downloading in a very powerful and flexible way. This is done by defining user levels.

Editing user levels is done in by pressing <Ins> to add a security level, <Del> to delete a security level, and <Enter> to edit an existing security level.

These are the fields to be specified for each level: ────────────────────────────────────────────────────

Security Level ………….. The user level you are editing.

Time Per Day ……………. Time a user with this level can spend on

                            your system each day.

Kb Download Per Day ……… Daily download-limit associated with this

                            user level (in Kbytes/day).

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Download Delay ………….. Time a user must spend online each call

                            before a download can be made.  (Great to
                            calm down excessive downloaders).

Usergroup ID ……………. String of max. 5 characters that identifies

                            this level, eg. NEW, REG, VIP, etc.  This
                            is optional.  These ID's will be shown when
                            the userlist is displayed (Refer to Menu
                            Function 13).

Free Download …………… The amount that can be downloaded by users

                            with this level, without having to upload
                            or write messages.

Upload Needed …………… The percentage of total downloads the user

                            has to upload.  Eg. if the upload factor is
                            15%, and a user has downloaded 1000Kb, he
                            will have to upload 150Kb.  Setting this to
                            0 allows the users to download as much as
                            they want, until the download limit (see
                            below) is reached. Of course, it is
                            impossible to download more than the daily
                            maximum each day.

Free Download/Msg ……….. The amount of Kilobytes that can be

                            downloaded free for each message written.
                            This rewards busy message-writers by
                            increasing their download-limit. The amount
                            of kilobytes is added to the free download
                            number (see above)

Maximum Download ………… When this limit is set to a positive non-

                            zero value, and a user reaches this limit,
                            his/her level will be changed to the "Fall
                            To" level.  Be careful when changing this
                            to a value other than 0 (zero).  Doing so
                            may lock out a user if the "Fall To Level"
                            (below) is set to zero.  Your user may not
                            be too happy with your BBS should this
                            happen.

Fall To Level …………… Security Level which user should be

                            assigned when they reach the (above)
                            "Maximum Download" setting.