Specifications

For example,
your
MailDrop accepts the following additional
information in a Send command:
S
KG6ZL
G
KB6IUX.CA.USA.NA
<
WFTE
This means
you're going
to send a message to KG6ZL at
the KB6IUX BBS
in
California,
USA,
North
America,
and that the message is from
WF7A.
The MailDrop also supports BIDs
(Bulletin
IDs);
this
support is required for reverse-forwarding.
The BID
begins with a
"$"
character and is sent and
received in the Send command
line:
S KB6IUX
@
KG6ZL
<
WFTA
$345-WO6P
This means
you're
sending a message to KB6IUX,
who uses theKG6ZL
BBS;
the
message is from
WFTA
and
it's
bulletin
#345 from WO6P.
With the MailDrop,
you
can also use
just
the
"$"
all
by itself as shown
in the two examples below:
S KB6IUX
@
KG6ZL
<
WFTA
$
SALLs,
With the
"$"
sign, the MailDrop
will
assign
its
own
BID to these
messages.
From the User's
Point of View
Assume that
your MailDrop
(MYMAIL)
call is
KB6IUX-l and WO6P
wants
to
connect to
it. During his
session with
your
MailDrop, he
wants
to
list
your
MailDrop's
messages, see if there's a
message fior.n
yor"r,
read it if it exists, delete it after he's done
reading it, send a return
message to
you,
then finally
disconnect
fiom
your
MailDrop.
From his cmd :
prompt,
he'll
type the
usual connect
request. He'll see this:
cmd: C
KBOIUX-I
J.'TJT
CONNECTED tO
KB6IUX-1
You have mai I .
lnrn
pr-96]
16508 free
(n,B,H,J,K,L,R,S,V,?)
>
The
"You
have mail" message infoms WO6P that there's
mail waiting
for him. He types
"L"
to list all the
current
messages in
the
MailDrop.
IAEA
pK-96]
16508 free
(n,B,HrJ,K,L,R,s,v,?)
>
rvtsg#
si
ze To F rom @
BBS Date Ti me
ri
tl e
6
pN184
l^/o6p
KB6rux WFTA 24-r,lov-94
20: 15 Gobbl
e !
5
8Y287 ALL KB6rux
21-uov-94
18:42
Question
4 8y778
esr
KB6rux
19-ruov-94 L7:30
Nailbox
1 BY 56
ALL KB6IUX 23-Nov-94
LO:22 APLINK
IAEA
pK-96]
16508 free
(A,B,H,J,K,L,R,s,v,?)
>
He sees the list of messages and the one
in
particular
that's addressed
to him.
He
types
"R 6" to
(R)ead
MSG#
6.
IAEA
pK-96]
16508 free
(A,B,H,J,K,L,R,s,v,?)
>
R6
ttlsg#sj
ze
To From
6 PN184 WO6P KB6IUX
Happy
rhanksgiving,
guy!
family tonight, should
r
73, nich.
[AEAPK-96]1-6508free(A'B,H'J,K,L,R,S,V,?)>
@ BBS
DateTime
ritle
wFTA 24-t'tov-94
20:15 cobbl
e !
rnowing that
-you're-
cooking
the big
meal
for
your
rush a case of
Pepto-Bismol over
to
you
now?