now, polls can be created by anyone in any message by following this faq:
http://empeg.comms.net/cgi-bin/faq_english.pl?Cat=#polls Choice 1
Advantages - anyone can post messages without any restrictions
Disadvantages - anyone can post messages without any restrictions, so that you might still get 1 poll with 12 regular messages replied to it
Choice 2 -
Advantages - Anyone can still post polls on that section, but a moderator would insure that only legitimate polls were posted
Disadvantages - Right now, with the state of the BBS, this isn't really necessary; but with a flood of new users coming in shortly, it might be
Choice 3 -
Advantages - Less system resource usage for PaulH:)
Disadvantages - umm.. yeah...
-mark
...proud to have owned one of the first Mark I units