PacComm TINY-2 - Page 42

OPERATING
INSTRUCTIONS
Personal
Message
System
prove
operator
convenience
the
PMS
supports
forwarding
from,
and
reverse
forwarding
to
the
logal
(home)
BBS.
Automatic
forwarding
by
the
PMS
is
NOT
supported
to
reduce
channel
congestion.
If
the
PMS
is
installed
on
a
PacComm
controller
which
is
equipped
with
a
printer
port,
messages
may
be
printed
directly
to
the
printer
at
keyboard
comman
The
PMS
supports
the
Bulletin
ID
(BID).
A
BID
may
be
entered
following
the
TO
callsign
field
when
using
the
SEND
(or
SP
or
ST)
command.
The
dollar
sign
character
must
be
present,
but
the
following
field
may
contain
up
to
28
characters
of
any
type.
In
standard
practice
the
Dollar
sign
is
followed
by
a
BID
number,
an
Underbar
character
and
a
callsign.
The
line
rust
terminate
with
a
carriage
return.
An
example
of
the
BID
ormat:
The
BID
does
not
appear
in
the
message
display
header
in
response
to
the
LIST
command
but
does
appear
in
the
presen-
tation
of
each
individual
message
in
the
following
format:
PMS
Setup
Commands
The
packet
controller
operator
is
referred
to
as
the
PMS
SYSOP
(system
operator)
.
The
commands
which
the
Sysop
uses
to
configure
the
PMS
are:
3rdparty
AUTOFwd
CLKSet
HOMebbs
KILONFWD
LOGonmsg
MSGHdr
MYPcall
NODetext
PMs
REMSysop
STExt
‘To
enable
the
Personal
Message
System,
set
PMs
ON
and
enter
a
callsign
in
MYPcall.
The
callsign
must
NOT
be
identical
to
en
Operating
Manual,
4th
Ed.
©
PacComm,
1990
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