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Command Short description Reference
Help
Help !! Chapter 6.44
BEll
Call the Sysop. Chapter 6.11
Dir
Read the main directory OF THE MAILBOX. Chapter 6.36
List
Gives a list of files within a directory. Chapter 6.48
Check
Lists actual mails Chapter 0
Rea
Reads a Mail. Chapter 6.78
Sen
Sends a mail, alternative the command Write.
Chapter 6.106
Erase
Erase a mail, alternative the command DELete.
Chapter 6.35
User
Shows the current users. Chapter 6.102
LOg
Calls up the log book. Chapter 6.51
Quit
Leaves mailbox, alternative the command BYe.
POSition
Requests GPS position Chapter 6.71
Version
Calls up the version. Chapter 6.105
DAte
Calls up the date. Chapter 6.33
TIme
Calls up the clock time. Chapter 6.93
Table 5.4: Packet-Radio mailbox commands
PR mailbox links occupy as is usual, the lowest free channel of the PTC-IIIusb. The
terminal program also displays the usual connect message when a mailbox connect is
made, with however, the addition "(BBS-Connect)".
Local text input from the terminal to channels already occupied with BBS connects are
ignored. It is however, always possible for the Sysop to disconnect an existing BBS
connection by giving a disconnect command via the local terminal.
Received text is displayed in hostmode terminal programs (e.g. GP) exactly as usual and
can be followed by the Sysop. The Sysop can hereby notice which commands are given
by the users. In terminal mode, the text output from the BBS channels are completely
suppressed to prevent that the PTC-IIIusb receives buffer filling and maybe overflowing.
5.7.5 Passing PR connects to the mailbox
The USers command in the pac:-menu allows any incoming PR connect to be passes
over to the PTC-IIIusb PR-mailbox. To do this USers has to be set to 0. This will allow
for example, that on leaving the terminal program, (e.g. automatic de initialising with Y0
in GP) the PTC-IIIusb can be brought to a condition where a connect using the normal
MYCALL (i.e. without the -8) will be transferred to the mailbox. This is useful, as many
potential users would use the normal MYCALL to connect to the PTC-IIIusb.
If the terminal is off-line, and the configuration is correct, (USers 0 or Y0) then all calls,
irrespective they are the normal MYCALL, the MYALIAS, or the BBS-MYCALL, will be
transferred to the PTC-mailbox.
5.7.6 Properties of mailbox-commands
Send
Text input can either finished with <Ctrl-Z> or with ***end, as well known from other
mailbox systems. The NNNN sequence has no effect in PR !
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