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Date: 28 Mar 89 07:28:00
From: N3Aia Packet Bbs
To: All
Subj: How a BBS Works - Part 1 of 7
[From: N8EGA via N3AIA]
R:890324/1908z 2506@N8EGA [Lexington, KY Z: 40515]
From: N8EGA@N8EGA
HOW DO BBSs WORK?
by Kevin Minor N8EGA
The following bulletins will attempt to explain how your local BBS gets a
message from point A to point B. I will attempt to cover both messages, as
well as bulletins, and the different ways that the BBSs forward mail. After
reading these bulletins, you will hopefully have a better understanding of
what happens to that message after it disappears into the system.
First of all, the examples I will show are from the WA7MBL forward file
format. Your bbs may use a different method of handling these processes, but
the general idea will be true for all BBSs.
The best way to picture the forwarding system is to think of it as a kind
of transportation network. In this network, you have small routes (vhf), and
you also have the airline form (gateways and wormholes). This system does
have its "road closed" areas, as well as one-way streets, and even some loops.
In the next bulletin, you will learn the general method of forwarding
data. Until then,
73,
Kevin Minor
N8EGA @ N8EGA
Lexington, KY 40515