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First of all, let's clear the air about the correct proceedure in sending
NTS traffic where you don't know the destination bbs, but do know the
correct address, phone number, etc. In bulletin #4 I said to send it
as ST NTSxx where xx was the 2 letter state abbreviation. That wasn't
quite correct. Proper proceedure would be to send it as ST ZIP @ NTSxx.
You would continue to use the city, state and phone number in the subject
line. So, a corrected example might be:
ST 33455 @ NTSFL
(SUBJ) HOBE SOUND FL 555-1111
Also, if you've picked up a piece of NTS traffic off the bbs, and
successfully delivered it, I urged you to (K)ill the message by using
K (messagenumber). However, on some bbs's, it's necessary to use the
command KT (messagenumber). Use whatever works on your local bbs.
Now, as promised, let's start looking at the versatile R command.
R means (R)ead, and it's we use it to read a message or bulletin.
Example: R 1234 would give us message number 1234, etc.
We can also read a group of them at once:
R 1234 1246 (NOTE SPACES!)
But, unless you're a speed-reader, it's probably better to read them
one at a time, as the bbs will send one after the other in rapid
succession! Remember, you can only read bulletins, NTS traffic and
mail to or from you. Most bbs's will not let you read private messages
addressed to someone else unless you're the sysop, or have been enabled
as remote sysop. Chances are, when you do a (L)ist (covered earlier),
you won't even see the private messages on the bbs.
Let's go one step further. Let's say you sent a message to KC4ZZZ and
you want to reread it, but forgot it's message number. Enter R> KC4ZZZ
and you've got it! But, suppose he sent out a bulletin and you've
forgotten the number of that one, too. Enter R< KC4ZZZ and there it
is! Don't forget, the symbol < means "from," and the symbol > means
"to." We can use these with (L)ist as well as (R)ead commands.
Next time we'll continue looking at the R commands, including one that
has mystified a lot of users! Questions or comments on this series
are welcome.
73...Bill, KB4VOL @ KB4VOL