The AA4RE Packet Bulletin Board System BB Ver. 2.12 updated 11
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1. FORWARDING Automatic forwarding of messages to other BBS s allows mail to be passed between PBBS s automatically according to a pre defined list The forwarding can occur in off hours to minimize traffic on the frequency or can occur on a different frequency Each mailbox has the capability to maintain a list of all stations and their home BBS When not connected to another user the BBS checks the mail file each hour for stations with mail on the forwarding list If there is mail to any user on the forwarding list and it is the proper time to forward to that station the BBS goes off line connects with the other BBS and sends the mail If the connect is not successful or the other BBS is busy the mail is not forwarded and waits until the next forwarding time generally an hour later Each BBS in the link is assigned a forwarding time a certain number of minutes after the hour These are coordinated to prevent 2 stations from trying to forward to each other at the same time When not inhibited forwarding occurs at the same time each hour for a given station Start and stop times can also be specified for each forwarding time to each destination This allows inhibiting forwarding during busy http www qsl net pbpg PBBS Manual html 8 21 2005 PBBS Manual Page 11 of 15 peak times You don t have to do anything special to use forwarding The SYSOP is responsible for getting the forwarding files set up All you do is send the message2. amounts of data such as newsletters programs maps etc Data files are always named with 1 to 8 characters a period and 0 to 3 more characters Examples are INFO BB ALASKA MAP etc Using the same suffix i e MAP allows grouping of files of similar type HELP TYPE COMMANDS These commands give the user information about the system and how to use it Command H HELP Gives a basic HELP COMMAND listing It isn t context sensitive it always gives the same answer regardless of where you are in the system This shouldn t be necessary if you have this guide Command H Letter HELP for COMMAND Detailed HELP with individual system commands For example type H U for HELP with uploading The descriptions in this guide are similar to what you would get with this command Command I INFORMATION about this particular PBBS equipment stations served links SysOp etc MESSAGE TYPE COMMANDS These commands are used to read and send personal messages to other users All messages are referred to in every command by number and you find out what the number of each message is by using the LIST command The READ command is for looking at the message text The first time you log into a PBBS you may wish to list all messages PLEASE don t list all messages each time It takes a long time and ties up the frequency needlessly Some PBBS stations will list the number of Active and Last message numbers upon log in as well as
3. each time you hit return you send a packet You have to end a command to the PBBS with a return so you have to send it You can save air time though by stacking commands in the same packet by preceding the return with the PASS character This will put all the commands in the same packet Of course don t use the PASS character before the last return or you ll never send the packet at all http www qsl net pbpg PBBS Manual html 8 21 2005 PBBS Manual Page 12 of 15 Don t list all messages The message file gets pretty long very fast and listing the whole file takes a long time Along these lines please be courteous during peak usage hours limit your access time so others may pick up their mail Finally please recognize two things First it takes a good deal of time to properly run a BBS so be patient with occasional problems which may occur Disks have to be backed up files moved around old messages deleted and new versions of the program have to be loaded BB is continuously being upgraded so check with your sysop as to changes ENJOY Hierarchical Addressing It is probably fair to say that the maintenance of the forwarding tables is a drudgery that most sysops could do without This point also under scores a serious problem faced by all networks ROUTING With the introduction of support for Hierarchical routing designators we have an opportunity to improve traffic routing particularly for international traffic Hierarc
4. Mail sent to a user served by another BBS will automatically be forwarded if that user is in the forward file or you assign an BBS Typically all mailboxes in a given area will have entries in their forwarding files for all other BBS s in the area perhaps even for the entire country So if you know that AL7FQ reads his mail on the KL7GNG PBBS all you need to do when you send your message to AL7FQ is enter S AL7FQ KL7GNG Your BBS will then forward it on to KL7GNG where AL7FQ will see it If you travel and operate packet at other BBS s you might want to add an SSID number to your call such as KOGUZ 1 Then when the PBBS s share forwarding files only one your HOME BBS will have your plain call sign such as KOGUZ and mail sent to you will be forwarded to only one BBS and not numerous ones Not every BBS is set up to forward to every packet user The only way a SYSOP will know what your home BBS is if you tell him It might be a good idea to send a message to your home BBS SYSOP and ask him to inform the other BBS s of your home status That way if someone posts a message to you on a BBS across town and doesn t specify your home BBS when sending the message the BBS itself will have a record in its forwarding file of your call sign and what your home BBS is That BBS will then automatically forward the message on to you at your home BBS There are certain ALL destinations that are used to send mail to all users at a remote PBBS For exa
5. files in the PKTNEWS directory that start with AEA and end with any extension LS ARRL Would list out ALL messages that have Subject areas containing the word ARRL L BULLETIN Would list out ALL messages with BIDS that match a pattern such as BULLETIN RS REBBS Would read all messages that have subject areas containing the word REBBS R AMSAT Would read all messages with BIDS that match a http www qsl net pbpg PBBS Manual html 8 21 2005 PBBS Manual Page 15 of 15 pattern such as AMSAT This USER GUIDE contains material obtained from AA4RE WORLI N6VV and VE3GYQ http www qsl net pbpg PBBSManual html 8 21 2005
6. information asked and Hit a lt CR gt after each command When your finished the system will come back with Hello John or something similar Now the BBS and the Sysop will know who you are to aid with foRwarding your mail Depending on the sysop BB software can be configured user friendly with many user prompts or short prompts with limited access Some BBS stations may vary slightly from this document due to sysop preference in setting up BB Commands Commands consist of one or two letter groups Some commands are followed by a message number call or file name For these commands you must leave a space between the command and the message number call or file name During your connection to a PBBS you send a series of commands to perform the functions you desire and at the end you send a B bye command to disconnect Before going on too far you need to know how data is stored on the PBBS There are two main formats http www qsl net pbpg PBBS Manual html 8 21 2005 PBBS Manual Page 2 of 15 for data which you can access These are not interchangeable and you must make sure that you are using the correct commands for the type of data Mail Messages Most of your interaction will probably be with the mail system and mail messages Mail messages are to and from specific users or to generic users like ALL Data Files This is the other format of storage and can contain any kind of data These files generally contain larger
7. 15 Command PL LF on off Toggle Can be issued from Phone port only to add or remove Linefeeds Command NZ ZIP CODE Enter your zip code Command T TALK Pages the SYSOP If the sysop is available to chat you ll get a response within ONE MINUTE Otherwise the BBS will advise you that sysop hasn t answered You ll be returned to the command prompt and can continue normally You may leave a message with the sysop if the sysop is not available At the prompt Type SP SYSOP to leave a message Command V VERSION Shows specific version of this BBS the date of the software release PHONE MODEM PORT BBsupports Phone Modem inputs check with the BB sysop as to its availability and baud rates To check into the BBS use your favorite terminal program and set parameters as follows Baud rate Parity None 8 databits 1 stop bit Echo on or HDX add LF You will need to add Line Feeds On depending on your terminal program if you get line overtypes After logging in if you are getting double spacing type command PL to toggle BB to remove add line feeds After connecting with the BBS you will be ask for your call letters and a PassWord You must provide a PassWord to your BB sysop or one can be provide for you keep it short Once the sysop enables your PassWord you will be given access as usual to the BBS All commands are the same as the standard packet radio port After loggin you may change your pass word via the NP command
8. D D D elete user qued to be deleted from data base L L ocal user Home Home BBS of user Changeable by user command NH Zip Zip code of user Changeable by user command NZ Name Name of user Changeable by user command NN Command J LIST TNC ports Lists what tnc ports are in use by the PBBS you are connected to Command JL LIST CONNECTED Calls of users that have connected lately to the PBBS Command JN LIST PRESENTLY CONNECTED List calls presently connected to the PBBS by port A B C and stream 1 2 3 Command JP CALLS HEARD Where p is the tnc port identifier Gives a short list of stations recently heard on that port Typing JA will list those stations monitored on port A Typing JB will list those stations monitored on port B etc Use the J command to list what ports are active Command NN NAME Enter your firstname or change your name in the database Phony names will be canceled Command NH HOME BBS Enter your home bbs the bbs that you regularly check for your mail Please do not list your call even if you own a personnel bbs This information is used to foward mail to you by the BBS Command NE EXPERT Toggle your expert status to Expert mode with short prompts and messages Command NP xxxxx CHANGE PASSWORD To change your password to xxxxx can be issued only from phone modem port http www qsl net pbpg PBBS Manual html 8 21 2005 PBBS Manual Page 10 of
9. END BULLETIN Send a general bulletin addressed to ALL Command SR xxxx SEND REPLY To send a reply to message number xxxx alias is REPLY See command REPLY http www qsl net pbpg PBBS Manual html 8 21 2005 PBBS Manual Page 7 of 15 Command SR and REPLY can be used interchangeably Command ST Zipcode NTSxx SEND TRAFFIC Send NTS traffic to Zipcode NTSxx with xx as the state abbreviation ST 99808 NTSWA would send NTS traffic for zip code 99808 in Wash State Your SUBJECT field should contain additional NTS information about recipient city PH etc to aid BBS sysops or traffic stations to foRward your traffic After you ve told the PBBS who the message is to the PBBS will then ask you to supply a title for the message This entry will show up in the message list in the Subject column Be brief this is a limited data field You will then be asked to enter your message When finished you terminate text entry by sending a control Z Some user computers are unable to send a control Z In this case you may place the command EX on a separate last line If you are going to be entering a rather long message it s a good idea to compose the message off line with a word processor or even a simple text editor Then connect to the PBBS execute the send command enter the title and then send the pre composed message text to the PBBS You could even include the send command and message title in the pre composed message as the fir
10. PBBS Manual Page 1 of 15 The AA4RE Packet Bulletin Board System BB Ver 2 12 updated 11 29 98 USER GUIDE prepared by KL7GNG This guide provides an overview of the AA4RE version 2 12 BB PBBS system and is intended to assist you in its efficient use The AA4RE PBBS software was written by Roy Engehausen If you are an experienced user of the WORLI or F6FBB systems this one is comparable What can the PBBS Do The BBS provides the following resources and functions Personal mail identified by callsign can be sent and received Automatic Hierarchical addressing of mail traffic Upload Download of files programs documentation maps etc Activity monitored stations heard on each port Automatic forwarding of bulletins to other PBBS s Automatic forwarding of mail via HF VHF PBBS Gateway stations Multitasking multiport configuration Phone modem access with automatic mail forwarding Logging on to the PBBS You begin a session by simply connecting with the station running the BBS After receiving a greeting message you will see a command prompt at this point you can use any of the BBS commands If you are a New User you will be requested to Please Register as a User by typing REGISTER please do so at this time or you could have restricted access to the BBS You will be prompted for your Name Zip code and Home BBS the BBS where you normally check into to receive your packet mail type the
11. PBBS Manual html 8 21 2005 PBBS Manual Page 13 of 15 message to be forwarded If KB6RAA were found that entry would take precedence because it is more left in the field than CA and would of course also ensure delivery The best way to look at it is KBORAA AT KB6RAA which is in CA which is in USA which is in NA So far so good The Japanese BBS network wants to use area routing numbers For example JAIABC JAIKSO 42 JPN AS and everyone says So what let them Of course that is very mature of all of us but the trouble is that the 42 in that string may also match wild card ZIP codes that some folks keep in their forward file such as 42 The solution we propose is to use an agreed upon key character for designators below the state and province level and we recommend the octothorpe So now the above address would be JALABC JAIKSO 42 JPN AS Other examples could be 1 WORLI WORLIL SFO ANOCAL CA USA NA WORLI within SFO San Francisco within North California etc 2 VE3BTZ VE3GYQ 4LONDN SONT ON CAN NA VE3BTZ at VE3GYQ in London in Southern Ontario in Ontario etc There is another added benefit to this scheme It involves Gatewaying between the BBS world and other networks such as TCP IP via SMTP This means that we can take advantage of the the TCP IP host names and their domain or hierarchal format for forwarding Thus it is possible to send mail from the BBS to VE3BTZ as VE3BTZ PC VE3BTZ AMPR ORG or fro
12. f with information as this is limited field LIST COMMANDS Command L LIST NEW messages List any new messages that have been posted to the PBBS since the last time you used the L command Listing is in reverse order newest to oldest Note Private messages not addressed to you will not be shown with a LIST command http www qsl net pbpg PBBS Manual html 8 21 2005 PBBS Manual Page 4 of 15 Command LM LIST MINE List only messages addressed to you or by you Command LN LIST UNREAD List all unread messages Listing is in reverse order newest to oldest Command LU LIST UNREAD List all unread messages by you Command LL x LIST LAST List the most recent number of messages specified by x LL 10 will therefore list the last 10 messages Command L x LIST FROM List only messages above number x L 325 list messages above 325 Command LA LB LT LF LY LIST TYPE List messages of type A LB lists bulletins LP lists private messages although you will only see those sent by you or to you LT lists NTS traffic messages mainly used by NTS traffic handlers etc LF to list forwarded mail and LY to list all read messages You can also do a LA x or LA x y Command L callsign List at CALLSIGN List messages addressed at that BBS call Command L gt callsign LIST TO List all messages sent to the specified call sign L gt KL7IKX will therefore list all messages currently in the PBBS that were
13. ge has not been read and the recipient call still appears in the beacon text The column also can have an F to signify a message or bulletin has been forwarded or a to indicate that the message is cued for forwarding or a to indicate that it was being forward at the moment you did a list as part of the automatic PBBS forwarding system Bulletins waiting to be forwarded to other PBBS will be shown following msg line with a or preceding call of forward BBS depending on message status at the moment Size This column tells you how big the message is in bytes On longer messages you might want to capture the message to disk or printer as it comes into your computer so you can read it later TO This is the intended recipient of the message It is specified by the user sending the message It s generally a callsign or ALL A name like ALLAK or something like that is used to specify mail to be forwarded to all users at one or more other PBBS s BBS This column indicates the PBBS that this message is to be forwarded to From This column is set automatically to the call of the station sending the message Date This is the date that the message was posted at this PBBS It may not be the same date that the sender sent it if it was forwarded to the PBBS from another PBBS mmdd hhmm format Subject A description of what the message is about It may also contain Forwarded from for messages from another PBBS Please be brie
14. hical routing designators can assist in local and international routing Since N6VV is at present time responsible for traffic to Asia and the Pacific he has implemented routing designators to assist him in international routing Using this structure mail can now be addressed for example to SP JALABC JAIKSO JPN AS or SP KB6RAA KB6RAA CA USA NA Continental Designators NA North America SA South America EU Europe AS Asia AF Africa AA Australia Country Province Designators These codes are international accepted codes that may be found in call books or post offices W9ZRX BBS listing also contains US CAN as well as many country codes State and province codes shall be the recognized two character code established by the American and Canadian Post Offices These may also be found in the Callbook listings Most BBS can provide a list of state province and country listing upon request It is after we get down to the state province county level where the trouble may begin To understand why we must examine how the BBS code goes about matching things in the route The first principle is that it attempts to find a match between the items in its forward file and the left most item in the address field As an example say that we send something to KB6RAA KB6RAA CA USA NA and that the only entries that we have in the forward file are for CA That match would be sufficient to allow the http www qsl net pbpg
15. in the beacon text use this as a guide There are several variations of the list command Each is explained below but first let s look at a sample message list and explain what all the information means Here s a sample section of a message list Msg TS Size TO From Date Time Subject 4069 Y 102 AL7ID KL7GNG 0205 0240 User Manual http www qsl net pbpg PBBS Manual html 8 21 2005 PBBS Manual Page 3 of 15 4064 BN 15659 ALL KL7GNG 0205 0235 Alaska Map 2 1 89 4043 BN 723 ALLAK AL7FG 0204 1725 Byers Hamfest 4042 TN 1172 NTSAK W1HAB 0204 1402 Traffic for KL7GNG 4041 N 126 K7TPN KE7OM 0204 0910 The Net BBS 4040 PN 243 KL7IKX KL7EDK 0203 1312 Net Rom Link 4039 BF 354 SYSOP AA4RE 0203 1022 Ver 2 7 BB 4038 566 KA7TBU NL7HP 0203 0922 Trip 4037 1066 SYSOP AA4RE 0203 0920 Hints 4036 2355 W3IWI KL7GNG 0202 1430 Programs Msg This is the message number You will use this number in other commands such as read or kill You designate which message you wish to read by specify its number in the read command T Type The message type designation This allows the categorization of messages B indicates a bulletin message T an NTS Traffic message and P a private message Private messages can only be listed or read by the sender recipient and sysop S Status This column usually contains Y or N depending on if the recipient has read the message it is not changed if someone OTHER than the intended recipient has read it If N the messa
16. ld use up all of the remaining space on the system This can crash the system since the mail user and log files need room to expand Don t push the storage BB Ver 2 7 will show the total amount of storage and free space left on BBS after each W dirname command You may be looking for a command to kill a file similar to the K command which removes a message Sorry there s nothing like that Only the SYSOP can do that from the console leave a message to him making the request OTHER COMMANDS Command B BYE Log off the PBBS gracefully and disconnects your call You will be logged off automatically if there is no response to a menu in 4 minutes or so due to inactivity or path timeout Command DU callsign DISPLAY USER Displays user status as example DU KL7EDK BB responds with the following Call SS Last On CNT PC TBRXDL Home ZIP Name KL7EDK 891028 0415 162 LE R KL7GNG 99701 Jerry Call Callsign of requested station SS SSID if any Last On Date and Time of last connect CNT Count http www qsl net pbpg PBBS Manual html 8 21 2005 PBBS Manual Page 9 of 15 PC Class of user L ocal sysop with E xpert command prompts Other classes include N New user U Unregistered user O Registered user B BBS A Advanced BBS TBRXDL Lists privilege allowed user by SYSOP T T rans If off packets will end with CR B Is a B BS R R emote sysop X E xcluded from connect to BBS LI
17. les COUNTRY DES and STATE DES for a listing of designator codes in the BBSINFO directory of many PBBS s http www qsl net pbpg PBBS Manual html 8 21 2005 PBBS Manual Page 14 of 15 Wildcards Wildcards are supported in many places With wildcards we attempt to match something with just more than a straight comparison Special characters in the pattern are Matches 0 or more characters of any type a z A Z 0 9 A Z A Z 0 9 A F a f 0 9 a hex number lt az gt ALZ 4 2 lt gt Any one character Escape The next character in the pattern much match exactly wild cards will not be interpreted Group A starts a group and a ends it For each group there must be a matching character in the string Example abc matches b Wild cards are not interpreted Examples 95 Will match anything starting with 95 such as 95020 95123 95abc and 95 95 Will match anything that starts with 95 and is 5 characters long 95020 will match but 9502 will not OS Will match anything that starts with 95 and has 5 digits 95020 will match but 9SABC will not WK 6 Will match anything starting with W6 or K6 Wildcards can be used with the W L and R commands A few examples follow W AMSAT UO Would list out all files in the AMSAT directory that start with the letters UO as in UO10 UO11 DOC etc W PKTNEWS AEA Would list out all
18. m SMTP to WORLI WORLIOR USA NA and not have any ambiguity This system is still comparable with older style systems a BBS that handles hierarchal forwarding identifies with the H feature letter 4RE 02 7 HM If it does not get an appropriate response it uses the left most item in the BBS string as the BBS for the message BB version 2 0 and higher support hierarchical addressing BB searches for ALL the words in the BBS and H fields for a match in route file Thus given a message addressed to SP N6TFX AA4RE 4NOCAL CA USA NA will search for NOCAL CA USA and NA if AA4RE is not listed in the BBS routing files The first match determines the path the message would take If CA was the first match the message would forwarded onto AA4RE If a message was sent to W3IWI W3IWIMD USA NA and NA was the first match the message would be sent onto W3IWI SP N6VV N6VV NOCAL would mean a NUMBER followed by NOCAL Instead use NOCAL The is the escape that says that is not a wildcard character With BB version 2 7 hierarchical addressing is automatically looked up at foward time using a BBS Hierarchical lookup table and tacked to the BBS call of each forward file not containing a Hierarchical address Of course this assumes that the BBS call is a listed BBS most BBS use W9ZRX list of BBS stations Automatic addressing default will not change a hierarchical address already provided by a sender which takes precedence See the fi
19. mple ALLAK will distribute a message to all ALASKAN PBBS s as ALLUSA will do for ALL PBBS s in the USA What ALL designations are available and where the messages so addressed will go is determined solely by the SYSOPs of the various BBS s You might leave a message for the SYSOP of your home board asking for a copy of his forward file This will tell you everything you need to know about what goes where Good Operating Ideas from a Sysop s Viewpoint The following ideas come from many hours watching the SYSOP s screen and seeing difficulties that users have had New users to the PBBS will occasionally send a command wait for a response and seeing nothing will become impatient and send the command again This is unnecessary because in packet radio either the packet will get through to the other station or you ll retry out If you re still connected the packet will get through If you send the command twice the BBS will respond twice Repeatedly executing the information or help meun is unnecessary The H or HELP command prints a summary list of commands The I Information command gives information on the particular BBS installation They aren t context sensitive and their responses won t vary depending on what you re doing in the BBS The information is always the same therefore there s no need to print it more than once If possible stack multiple commands using the PASS character usually control V With at TAPR TNC or clone
20. nsion of DOC Documentation Command WD dirname FILE TIME STAMP List files in a directory along with Time stamp of record http www qsl net pbpg PBBS Manual html 8 21 2005 PBBS Manual Page 8 of 15 Command WX dirname FILE TIME STAMP and SIZE List files in a directory along with Time stamp of record and size Command D directory filename DOWNLOAD Sends a ASCII file from the PBBS to you The D command is followed by the directory and filename you want to download such as D BBSINFO USER DOC You generally want to have a capture buffer on your computer open to receive the incoming file To give a listing of Directories available use the W command Command DB protocol directory filename DOWNLOAD a binary file Key words are DB protocol directory filename For example to download STAR BAS in the Programs directory using Xmodem you would type DB XMODEM PROGRAMS STAR BAS Command U directory filename UPLOAD Send a ASCII file from you to the PBBS opposite of the D Command The file naming convention is the same for uploading as it is for downloading including the subdirectory name if any Terminate the upload by sending a control Z or EX As an example to upload the CALIFORNIA packet map into the MAP directory type U MAP CALIF MAP Command UB protocol directory filename UPLOAD a binary file to the BBS Refer to DB command format example One danger in uploading to the PBBS is that you cou
21. pe H at the command prompt for listing Command RS READ MSGS Lists msgs with subjects that match a pattern See Wildcard section or type H at the command prompt for listing Command R gt call READ all msgs to this callsign Command R lt call READ all msgs from this callsign Command R call READ all msgs addressed at this BBS call Be careful to List these messages first to see how many there are with the L command Command RD gt yymmdd Read msgs newer than some date Command RD lt yymmdd Read msgs older than some date Command REPLY msg http www qsl net pbpg PBBS Manual html 8 21 2005 PBBS Manual Page 6 of 15 REPLYS to a MSG Type REPLY to respond to a message You will be prompted for a message if not given then the text of your message The call sign of the sender will be automatically addressed with reply to original subject line See also SR command KILL COMMANDS Command K x KILL Kill a specific message Only the sender recipient or SYSOP can kill a message You may kills multiple messages numbers per line as example K 351 353 450 NOTE you may only kill messages addressed to you with the only exception being the KT command Command KM KILL MINE Kill all messages sent to you that you have read This will not kill messages that you have not read Please kill your messages that no longer need to be on the PBBS Command KT Kill NTS Kill an NTS message which may no
22. posted there for KL7IKX Entering L gt your call is the same as entering LM Command L lt callsign LIST FROM List all messages sent by the specified call sign L lt KE7OM will therefore list all messages currently in the PBBS posted by KE7OM Command LD gt yymmdd LIST by DATE List all messages newer than some date Command LD lt yymmdd LIST by DATE List all messages older than some date Command L LIST a PATTERN Lists messages with BIDS that match a pattern For information on patterns Type H at the BBS command prompt http www qsl net pbpg PBBS Manual html 8 21 2005 PBBS Manual Page 5 of 15 Command LS LIST a PATTERN Lists messages with subjects that match a pattern for information on patterns Type H at the BBS command prompt READ COMMANDS Command R x READ Read message x not files You may read multiple messages as example R 325 327 340 would list out those three messages You may also list a range of numbers R 325 to 340 would list all messages from 325 to 340 Command RA RB RT READ TYPE RA lists bulletins type A RB lists bulletins type B and RT lists NTS msgs Command RH VERBOSE READ Headers from forwarding stations are listed along with message text Command format is same as R command Command RM READ MINE Read all unread messages addressed to you Command R READ MSGS List messages with BIDS that match a pattern See Wildcard section or ty
23. st and second lines of the message Add EX as the last line of the message and you can completely automate your message entry FILE TYPE COMMANDS The following commands deal with Directory areas which generally contain text material AMSAT bulletins RMPRA news area user MAPS etc or PROGRAM files With ver 2 6 binary files can be uploaded downloaded using any of the following protocols XMODEM XMODEMCRC YMODEM YMODEM BATCH alias YMBATCH and YAPP Command W WHAT files Lists all the file directories available on the PBBS Recall that file names in these directories are of the format xxxxxxxx yyy You must use PC MS DOS file names The Amount of system memory available is now shown after a W dirname command use this to check for available memory for uploading to the BBS Format is shown in K bytes dirfile space used disk memory left total disk memory In the file directory list you will see directory names followed by a description of what type of files it contains Usually files that are related will be placed in the same directory All AMSAT Bulletins might be placed in a directory named AMSAT To list the contents of a subdirectory enter the W command followed by the directory name W AMSAT will list all files in the AMSAT directory Many directories will have a README file which may give you information about the files in that directory You may use wildcards such as W BBSINFO DOC to list all files with the exte
24. t be addressed to you Please kill any NTS message that you handle so that it wont be delivered again by someone else SEND COMMANDS Command S callsign SEND Sends an open message to callsign Others can read this message You can not send S alone you need a callsign The BBS will prompt you for Callsign of addressee if you fail to provide it Note some PBBS sysops only allow P private B bulletin or T NTS messages in which the BBS will respond with a query for Type Command SP callsign SEND PRIVATE Send a personal message to callsign Others cannot read this message although the callsign will appear in the beacon Preferred to cut down on long L listings by others Command S callsign callsign optional Hier address SEND VIA Send a message to a station at another PBBS by automatic mail forwarding SP K7QXL KE7OM would send a private message to K7QXL at KE7OM s PBBS Typically once a message is forwarded the originating PBBS will change it status to F and the sysop will then kill or put into old message file With ver BB 2 6 Hierarchical addressing is suported In the example above the BBS field could contain the following Hierarchical information SP K7QXL KE7OM WA USA NA With BB ver 2 7 the BBS will attach a default Hierarchical address to the field but only if the user hasnt already done so Reffer to the Hierarchical Addressing section of this doc file for more information Command SB ALL S
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