Kantronics KPC-4 - Page 29

Reverse
forwarding
messages
from
your
mailbox
The
Kantronics
TNC
mailbox
will
allow
you
to
enter
messages
which
will
be
forwarded
by
full-service
BBSs
(RLI,
MBL,
etc).
These
messages
have
a
special
format,
and
can
only
be
entered
in
your
OWN
personal
mailbox.
Let's
suppose
I
want
to
send
a
message
to
WA4EWV
who
lives
in
Texas.
I
know
his
home
BBS
is
WB5BBW,
so
I
can
put
this
message
in
my
PBBS
with
the
command:
S
WA4EWV
Q
WB5BBW
Entering
an
Q
BBS
will
cause
the
TNC
to
reverse
forward
this
message
to
a
full
service
BBS
when
requested
by
the
full
service
BBS.
In
order
to
improve
the
chances
of
this
message
reaching
its
destination,
you
should
always
enter
the
message
with
complete
hierarchical
forwarding:
S
WA4EWV
Q
WB5BBW.#STX.TX.USA.NA
Complete
information
on
Hierarchical
forwarding
can
be
obtained
from
your
local
BBS
system
operator,
but
basically
the
first
field
after
the
@
symbol
is
the
HOME
BBS
of
the
station
you
are
trying
to
send
a
message.
The
next
several
fields
(separated
by
periods)
are
the
state
(two
letter
postal
abbreviation),
country,
and
continent.
In
this
case,
since
Texas
is
so
large,
it
is
sub-divided
into
smaller
areas.
These
are
indicated
with
the
#
symbol
(in
this
case
#STX
—
South
Texas).
Messages
entered
into
your
mailbox
in
this
format
will
be
reverse
forwarded
to
the
full
service
BBS
when
requested,
and
the
following
rules
apply:
If
the
first
item
after
the
@
symbol
begins
with
"NTS"
the
message
will
be
sent
as
TRAFFIC
using
the
ST
command.
All
other
messages
will
be
sent
as
PRIVATE
with
the
SP
command
when
they
are
sent
to
the
full-service
BBS.
The
TNC
does
not
incorporate
any
means
to
initiate
a
BULLETIN
from
its
PBBS.
If
you
attempt
to
send
a
message
to
ALL
@
AMSAT,
for
instance,
the
local
full
service
BBS
would
receive
it
as
a
PRIVATE
message
and
not
as
a
bulletin.
As
a
result,
it
would
not
be
accessible
by
anyone
other
than
the
SYSOPs
of
the
BBSs.
Although
this
may
seem
to
be
an
inconvenience,
it
is
necessary
to
help
avoid
over-congesting
the
packet
network
with
duplicate
copies
of
the
same
bulletin.
The
TNC
acts
like
a
"smart
BBS"
when
forwarding
to
or
from
a
full
service
BBS.
This
means
that
it
will
no
longer
send
the
SUBJECT:
prompt,
nor
will
it
send
the
ENTER
MESSAGE
prompt.
You
will
also
notice
that
when
a
full-service
BBS
connects
to
your
PBBS,
the
TNC
does
not
send
the
usual
ENTER
COMMAND
prompt,
but
only
the
>
is
sent.
This
is
designed
to
reduce
the
amount
of
data
on
the
packet
network,
since
"smart"
BBSs
know
what
is expected
of
them.
Once
a
message
has
been
successfully
forwarded
out
of
your
mailbox,
it
will
be
deleted
from
the
PBBS.
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Copyright
1990,
Kantronics,
Inc.
All
Rights
Reserved.
;
Duplication
of
this
manual
or
the
firmware
without
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13,
1990
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of
Kantronics,
Inc.
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