Timewave PK-900, Operating Manual

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If 3RDPARTY is ON, then the calling station can leave a message for a
station other than the SYSOP. If the station attempts to leave third
party traffic with 3RDPARTY OFF, then the calling station will see:
*** No 3rd party traffic.
[AEA PK-900] 17396 free (A,B,H,J,K,L,R,S,V,?) >
If all 17K of the RAM is used, the MailDrop displays the message
"*** No free memory". If there is room, the MailDrop displays the
Subject request message prompt:
"Subject:"
Enter a short (up to 27 character) description of the subject of the
message. The MailDrop will then send the message prompt:
"Enter message, ^Z (CTRL-Z) or /EX to end"
After entering the message there are two ways to end the message.
Either the <CTRL-Z> may be entered followed by a carriage return, or
the 3 characters "/EX" and a carriage-return on a line by itself will
end the message being sent. After this the MailDrop prompt should
appear indicating that the MailDrop is ready for another command.
After ending the message, if you or the calling party see the message
"*** No free memory", this means that the message was too large for
the available MailDrop memory and has been deleted. If this occurs,
you must shorten the message to fit into available memory shown in the
MailDrop prompt, and re-send the message.
When logged on from your local keyboard, if you use the "S" command
without a call sign, you'll see the error message "*** Need callsign"
However, a calling station may use the S command without a callsign;
it is understood that the message is directed to the PK-900's SYSOP.
As soon as a calling station uses the S command to send you (the
SYSOP) a message, the MAIL LCD starts blinking to show that a
message has been left for you. When you log on to your MailDrop
with the MDCHECK command the MAIL LCD will stop blinking.
5.4.9.1 Sending Other Types of Messages with SEND
Each message in the PK-900 MailDrop has a flag to show whether it is
Private, Traffic or a Bulletin. A "P," "T" or "B" after the message
number shows the status of every message. A user sets this with the
SP, ST and SB forms of the Send command. The SYSOP may set this with
the Edit (E) command described above. If only S is used as the Send
command, the MailDrop will assign the message a Private (P) status.
A Private message can be listed, read and killed only by the
reciepient or sysop. Bulletins are listable and readable by all and
may be killed by only the originator or sysop. Traffic is handled
much like private messages but are intended for BBS handling. The
PK-900 MailDrop also accepts SEND commands of the form "SP SYSOP
< W1AW." The call sign after the "<" goes into the "From" field of
the message header.
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