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Forwarding and Reverse Forwarding (or simply Auto-Forwarding) can be<br />
an advantage in a local area. The community BBS can be set to connect<br />
to your MailDrop at times when local traffic is low, such as late at<br />
night. This can spread out the traffic volume on a packet frequency<br />
which can become quite heavy in the "prime time" early evening hours.<br />
Auto-Forwarding is involved and requires the cooperation of both you<br />
and your community BBS Operator. Not all large BBSs will forward to<br />
individual users. Some packet frequencies are so busy forwarding to<br />
other BBSs that they can not forward to individuals. You must contact<br />
the community BBS SYSOP to determine the guidelines in your area.<br />
5.7.1 MailDrop Settings for Auto-Forwarding<br />
The following must all be set properly for Auto-Forwarding to operate.<br />
- Enter your MYCALL. Enter your MYMAIL if you desire to use a<br />
separate call sign for the MailDrop.<br />
- Make arrangements with your local BBS SYSOP to Auto-Forward to<br />
your MailDrop. Make sure you let him know the MailDrop call sign<br />
you will use. The BBS SYSOP must program his system to connect<br />
to your MailDrop or Auto-Forwarding will not function.<br />
- Enter the call sign of this community BBS in the HOMEBBS command.<br />
- Leave your <strong>PK</strong>-<strong>232</strong> and radio ON THE AIR so that your local BBS can<br />
connect to your MailDrop. If your packet station is not on when<br />
the local BBS tries to connect, the advantage of Auto-Forwarding<br />
is lost and the BBS SYSOP may drop you from the Forwarding list.<br />
Once the above have been completed, you are ready to receive messages<br />
automatically from your local BBS. The next section describes how to<br />
prepare messages for Reverse Forwarding to the local BBS (HOMEBBS).<br />
5.7.2 Entering a Message for Reverse Forwarding<br />
To prepare a message for Reverse Forwarding to another station:<br />
- Type MDCHECK to access your MailDrop from your terminal.<br />
- Using the Send command, type the message you want forwarded. Use<br />
the "@" field to set the destination BBS where the addressee will<br />
pick up his mail. For example if you want to send a message to<br />
N6UND who you know uses the BBS N6IIU enter the following:<br />
S N6UND @ N6IIU.CA.NA<br />
Note that the "@" call sign does not need to be the same as the<br />
HOMEBBS call sign. The "@" call sign can be typed as part of the Send<br />
command or as part of the Edit command described earlier.<br />
The ".CA.NA" is optional "Hierarchical forwarding" information that in<br />
this case designates that N6IIU is located in the state of California.<br />
- Enter the Subject and text of the message as described above in<br />
the Send command section. Don't forget to end your message with<br />
or "/EX" on its own separate line also described above.<br />
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