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ENTERING A MESSAGE ON AMTOR
MESSAGES MAY BE ENTERED DIRECTLY FROM YOUR KEYBOARD INTO THE
SYSTEM, HOWEVER IT IS BETTER IF YOU PREPARE A FILE BEFORE LOGGING
ON AND THEN SEND IT AT MACHINE SPEED. THIS REDUCES THE CONNECT
TIME TO THE SYSTEM AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TRANSMISSION ERRORS.
YOU MAY SEND THREE KINDS OF MESSAGES:
'SP (CALL)' WHICH IS A MESSAGE TO A SPECIFIC STATION AND MAY ONLY
BE READ BY THAT STATION (OR YOU OR THE SYSOP) AND WILL APPEAR ON
THE MESSAGE LIST ONLY FOR THOSE STATIONS. FOR OTHERS, IT SIMPLY
ISN'T THERE. 'SP' MESSAGES WILL REMAIN IN THE SYSTEM FOR 21 DAYS
OR 24 HOURS AFTER BEING MARKED 'FORWARDED', WHICHEVER COMES FIRST.
'SP' TYPE MESSAGES MAY ALSO BE ENTERED FOR AUTOMATIC FORWARDING TO
ANOTHER MBO/BBS. THEY MAY BE ENTERED IN THE FORM 'SP (CALL1) TO
(CALL2)' WHERE (CALL1) IS THE ADDRESSEE AND (CALL2) IS HIS LOCAL
MBO/BBS.
'ST (ZIPCODE) TO (NTS STATECODE)' IS USED TO ENTER A MESSAGE TO
ANYONE TO BE DELIVERED BY THE NATIONAL TRAFFIC SYSTEM. THE SUBJECT
(FIRST LINE) SHOULD READ: QTC (CITY, STATE) AND THE BODY OF THE
MESSAGE SHOULD BE IN STANDARD ARRL MESSAGE FORMAT.
'SB (ID)' ADDRESSES A MESSAGE TO 'ID' AND MARKS IT AS A BULLETIN.
BULLETIN TYPE MESSAGE WILL REMAIN IN THE SYSTEM UNTIL REMOVED
(CANCELLED) BY EITHER THE ORIGINATOR OR THE SYSOP.
TO SEND A MESSAGE, TYPE THE COMMAND (I.E., 'SP W5SMM(CR/LF)') AND
WAIT FOR A RESPONSE FROM THE SYSTEM. AT THE 'GA MSG' PROMPT ENTER
THE TEXT OF THE MESSAGE. THE FIRST LINE WITH TEXT WILL APPEAR ON
THE SUBJECT LINE IN THE MESSAGE LISTS. IF THE STATION YOU ADDRESSED
THE MESSAGE TO IS NOT IN THE USER ID FILE (OR THERE HAS BEEN A
TRANSMISSION ERROR) YOU WILL RECEIVE A 'NF' (MEANING NOT FOUND).
IF YOU WISH TO SEND A MESSAGE TO THAT STATION ANYWAY USE THE 'NEW'
COMMAND TO REGISTER THE STATION FIRST.
AT THE END OF THE MESSAGE SEND 'NNNN' ON A NEW LINE. 'NNNN'
EMBEDDED IN TEXT IS IGNORED. AFTER SENDING 'NNNN' WAIT FOR A NEW
'GA' PROMPT TO ENTER A NEW COMMAND.
IDENTIFY YOUR STATION AT REGULAR INTERVALS BY SENDING YOUR
IDENTIFICATION AFTER A 'GA' PROMPT. ANY CHARACTER SEQUENCE THAT
IS NOT A VALID COMMAND IS IGNORED BY THE SYSTEM ONCE YOU HAVE
LOGGED IN.
IF YOU HAVE ALREADY SENT A PARTIAL COMMAND LINE AND WANT TO CANCEL
THE LINE JUST SEND THREE OR MORE '/'S IN A ROW ANYWHERE ON THE
LINE. THAT LINE WILL BE IGNORED. THIS ONLY WORKS ON COMMAND
LINES. /// IMBEDDED IN A MESSAGE WILL BE PASSED ON TO THE
ADDRESSEE.
AFTER YOU HAVE TRANSMITTED A MESSAGE YOU MAY CANCEL IT WITH THE
'CANCEL (NUMBER)' COMMAND. THIS IS NORMALLY USED TO ONLY REMOVE
A BULLETIN YOU HAVE PLACED IN THE SYSTEM, BUT IT MAY BE USED TO
REMOVE ANY MESSAGE YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY SENT.