PK-232 MBX – OPERATING MANUAL MAILDROP OPERATION
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o Enter your MYCALL. Enter your MYMAIL if you desire to use a separate call sign for
the MailDrop.
o Make arrangements with your local BBS SYSOP to Auto-Forward to your MailDrop.
Make sure you let him know the MailDrop call sign you will use. The BBS SYSOP
must program his system to connect to your MailDrop or Auto-Forwarding will not
function.
o Enter the call sign of this community BBS in the HOMEBBS command.
o Leave your PK-232 and radio ON THE AIR so that your local BBS can connect to
your MailDrop. If your Packet station is not on when the local BBS tries to connect,
the advantage of Auto-Forwarding is lost and the BBS SYSOP may drop you from
the Forwarding list.
Once the above have been completed, you are ready to receive messages automatically
from your local BBS. The next section describes how to prepare messages for Reverse
Forwarding to the local BBS (HOMEBBS).
5.7.2 Entering a Message for Reverse Forwarding
To prepare a message for Reverse Forwarding to another station:
o Type MDCHECK to access your MailDrop from your terminal.
o Using the Send command, type the message you want forwarded. Use the "@" field
to set the destination BBS where the addressee will pick up his mail. For example if
you want to send a message to N6UND who you know uses the BBS N6IIU enter
the following:
S N6UND @ N6IIU.CA.NA
Note that the "@" call sign does not need to be the same as the HOMEBBS call sign. The
"@" call sign can be typed as part of the Send command or as part of the Edit command
described earlier. The ".CA.NA" is optional "Hierarchical forwarding" information that in
this case designates that N6IIU is located in the state of California.
o Enter the Subject and text of the message as described above in the Send com-
mand section. Don't forget to end your message with <CTRL-Z> or "/EX" on its own
separate line also described above.
o Use the Edit command to set the Forwarding flag for each message that will be Re-
verse Forwarded to HOMEBBS. This is described in the Edit command section above.
For example the following will mark message number 53 for Reverse Forwarding.
E 53 F (Sets Reverse Forwarding for message 53.)
o Log off your MailDrop with the B (Bye) command.
o If you wish each message to disappear as it is Reverse Forwarded, leave KILONFWD
ON. If you wish to keep each message after it has been Forwarded, turn KILONFWD
OFF. After forwarding, the message flag will change from "F" to "Y" to show that it
has been read.
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