Timewave PK-232MBX - Sending Other Types of Messages with SEND

PK-232 MBX – OPERATING MANUAL MAILDROP OPERATION
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After entering the message there are two ways to end the message. Either the <CTRL-Z>
may be entered followed by a carriage return, or the 3 characters "/EX" and a carriage-re-
turn on a line by itself will end the message being sent. After this the MailDrop prompt
should appear indicating that the MailDrop is ready for another command.
After ending the message, if you or the calling party see the message
*** No free memory
This means that the message was too large for the available MailDrop memory and has
been deleted. If this occurs, you must shorten the message to fit into available memory
shown in the MailDrop prompt, and re-send the message.
When logged on from your local keyboard, if you use the "S" command without a call
sign, you'll see the error message
*** Need callsign
However, a calling station may use the S command without a call sign; it is understood
that the message is directed to the PK-232's SYSOP.
As soon as a calling station uses the S command to send you (the SYSOP) a message, the
STA light starts blinking to show that a message has been left for you. When you log on
to your MailDrop with the MDCHECK command the STA LED will stop blinking.
5.4.9.1 Sending Other Types of Messages with SEND
Each message in the PK-232 MailDrop has a flag to show whether it is Private, Traffic or
a Bulletin. A "P," "T" or "B" after the message number shows the status of every mes-
sage. A user sets this with the SP, ST and SB forms of the Send command. The SYSOP
may set this with the Edit (E) command described above. If only S is used as the Send
command, the MailDrop will assign the message a Private (P) status.
The PK-232 MailDrop also accepts SEND commands of the form "SP SYSOP <W1AW".
The call sign after the "<" goes into the "From" field of the message header.
For example, your MailDrop accepts the following additional information in a Send com-
mand:
S N7ML @ K6RFK < N6IA
The above means you want to send a message to N7ML who uses the K6RFK Bulletin-
Board and the message is from N6IA.
The PK-232 MailDrop accepts hierarchical forwarding information that is helpful in re-
verse forwarding to full service BBS stations. An example of this is shown below:
SP N7ML @ K6RFK.WA.NA
The above means that you want to send a message to N7ML who uses the K6RFK Bul-
letin-Board which is located WAshington which is located in North America.