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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
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