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PK-232 MBX Operating Manual - N3UJJ

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Enter a short (up to 27 character) description of the subject of the<br />

message. The MailDrop will then send the message prompt:<br />

"Enter message, ^Z (CTRL-Z) or /EX to end"<br />

After entering the message there are two ways to end the message.<br />

Either the may be entered followed by a carriage return, or<br />

the 3 characters "/EX" and a carriage-return on a line by itself will<br />

end the message being sent. After this the MailDrop prompt should<br />

appear indicating that the MailDrop is ready for another command.<br />

After ending the message, if you or the calling party see the message<br />

"*** No free memory", this means that the message was too large for<br />

the available MailDrop memory and has been deleted. If this occurs,<br />

you must shorten the message to fit into available memory shown in the<br />

MailDrop prompt, and re-send the message.<br />

When logged on from your local keyboard, if you use the "S" command<br />

without a call sign, you'll see the error message "*** Need callsign".<br />

However, a calling station may use the S command without a call sign;<br />

it is understood that the message is directed to the <strong>PK</strong>-<strong>232</strong>'s SYSOP.<br />

As soon as a calling station uses the S command to send you (the<br />

SYSOP) a message, the STA light starts blinking to show that a message<br />

has been left for you. When you log on to your MailDrop with the<br />

MDCHECK command the STA LED will stop blinking.<br />

5.4.9.1 Sending Other Types of Messages with SEND<br />

Each message in the <strong>PK</strong>-<strong>232</strong> MailDrop has a flag to show whether it is<br />

Private, Traffic or a Bulletin. A "P," "T" or "B" after the message<br />

number shows the status of every message. A user sets this with the<br />

SP, ST and SB forms of the Send command. The SYSOP may set this with<br />

the Edit (E) command described above. If only S is used as the Send<br />

command, the MailDrop will assign the message a Private (P) status.<br />

The <strong>PK</strong>-<strong>232</strong> MailDrop also accepts SEND commands of the form "SP SYSOP <<br />

W1AW." The call sign after the "

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