Specifications

any text with a maximum length of 80 bytes. The default prompt is:
"Subject:/Enter message, ^Z (CTRL-Z) or /EX to end"
You may wish to enter a CTEXT message announcing the presence of a
mailbox and the call sign (MYMAIL) used to access your MailDrop.
5.3 SYSOP MailDrop Commands
While you have logged on to your MailDrop from your local keyboard
with the MDCHECK command, the commands available to you are:
B, E, K, L, R, S.
These are the "standard" BBS commands available to the MailDrop SYSOP.
Any other command sent by you is answered with the error message
"*** What?". A brief description of each command follows. All the
available commands are described in detail following the next section.
B BYE Log off the MailDrop
E EDIT Edit a MailDrop message
K KILL Kill or delete messages
L LIST List the message directory
R READ Read a specific message
S SEND Send a message
5.4 Remote User MailDrop Commands
When a remote user has logged on to your MailDrop the following
commands will be available to the distant station:
A, B, H, J, K, L, R, S, V, ?.
A brief description of each command follows.
These MailDrop commands are described in detail in the next sections.
A ABORT Aborts the reading of a long message
B BYE Log off the MailDrop
H HELP Help for the MailDrop commands
J JLOG Sends the PK-900 MHeard list
K KILL Kill or delete messages
L LIST List the message directory
R READ Read a specific message
S SEND Send a message
V VERSION Sends the PK-900 sign-on message
? HELP Help for the MailDrop commands
5.4.1 A (ABORT) (Remote only)
The "A" command aborts the Listing or Reading of messages by a calling
station. This is handy if the remote user decides not to continue
reading a long message. The message "*** Done" followed by the
MailDrop prompt will be sent after an Abort has been received. On the
local terminal the SYSOP may type the CANLINE character (default
<CTRL-X>) to abort a long screen dump.
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