Specifications
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A(bort)
B(ye)
E(dio
#
This
is handy
if
the
user
decides
not
to
continue
reading
a long
message
or
a list.
The
message,
'r'tt'
Done,
followed
by the
MailDrop
prompt
will
be sent
after
an
,A"
has
been
received.
Although
you
cur't
use
the
Abort
command,
you
can
use
(crRL-X)
to
do
the same
thing.
Logs you-or
the
calling
station-off
the MailDrop.
As
the
console
operator, yor-r,ll
see
the standard
cmd
:
prompt;
a calling
station
will
be
simply
disconnecred.
Available
to
the
SYSOP
only,
Edit
controls
the
status
of the
messages
in
your
MailDrop;
you
must
access
the
MailDrop
before
typing
this
command.
Here
are
all
the
possible
ways
to
use Edit:
E
lists
the
following
short
help
file:
e
msg#
E
msg#
B/T/p
e msg#
y/N/F
e
msg#
>/</@
call
sign
Examples:
E 12
Shows
message
#12,s
infbrmation
line.
E
23
>
WFTA
Sets
WFTA
as
message
#23's
destination.
E
35 <
WFTA
Sets
WFTA
as message
#35,s
source.
E 4B
@ WFTASets
WF?A
as message
#4g's
destination
BBS.
E 49
@
KG6ZL.MT.USA.NA
Sets
KG6ZL
as
message
#49's
destination
BBS
and
adds
the
hierarchi-
cal fbrwarding
information,
.MT.U9A.NA.
which
directs
the
message
to
the
KG6ZL
BBS
located
in
the
stare
of Monrana
(MT\
in
the
United
States,
North
America
(NA)
continent.
E
58
@
Clears
message
#58's
destination
BBS
field.
E
60 P
Sets
message
#60's
status
to
private.
E
61
B
Sets
message
#61's
status
to
Bulletin.
E
62 T
Sets
message
#62's
status
to Traffic.
E
63
Y
Sets
message
#63's
status
to
Has-Been-Read.
E 64
N
Sets
message
#64's
status
to Has_Not_Been_Read.
E 49
F
Sets
message
#49's
status
to Reverse-Fbrward.
The
command
E
# Fsets
the message
status
to
enable
reverse-forwarding
of
a message
number.
To
cancel
forwarding,
set
the
status
to
either
Yor
N.
Please
read
the
section
on
reverse-forwarding
later
in
this
chapter
if
you're
interested
in
this f'eature.
This
command,
available
to
the
user
only,
sends
a list
of all
available
MailDrop
help
commands.
A
question
mark
will
also
cause
the
HELp
flle
to be
sent.
Stop
Read
or
List
B
(ye)
H
(el
p)
:
(l
og)
K(ill)
Log
off
o'i
spl
ay
thi
s
message
oi
sp'lay
stati
ons
heard
K
n:
Kill
message
number
n
H(elp)
A(bort)