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- MAKING SURE YOU RECEIVE YOUR MESSAGES
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- Many packet users check into more than one BBS on occasion. Maybe
- you're in a hurry and want to leave a message for someone and the BBS
- you regularly use is busy, so you check into another one to leave the
- message. Or you might check in to another system to see what files are
- available. "BBS DXing" is discouraged, but for many there are two or
- three local BBSs that can be accessed quite easily.
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- No matter how many systems you check into, you should remember these two
- very important points. 1 - Use only ONE BBS as your "home BBS".
- Whenever you have to enter the callsign of your "home BBS", always enter
- the same one each time. 2 - Make sure you use the call of a full
- service BBS, one that carries bulletins and is part of the forwarding
- network.
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- There are very important reasons for this. The "White Pages" directory
- is used very frequently by people to find out where to send messages.
- If you use different callsigns, the directory information will be vary
- and no one will know for sure what call to use. In addition, some of
- the BBS software uses this "home BBS" information to make sure your mail
- reaches you. It will automatically check the "White Pages" for the
- "home BBS" of the addressee whenever a message reaches its destination.
- If a message is misaddressed, the software will make a correction and
- try to send the message to the right system.
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- If you use different callsigns, your messages can be sent from one BBS
- to another, then possibly back again, often looping between systems,
- never reaching a final destination. If you use a TNC mailbox or
- personal BBS callsign, the forwarding system won't have any idea where
- to send the message since these calls are not included in the forwarding
- files of most systems. As long as you list the same callsign every time
- and use the call of a full service BBS, you can be assured that your
- messages will reach you.
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- Larry Kenney, WB9LOZ
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