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MAKING SURE YOU RECEIVE YOUR MESSAGES
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.
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.
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.
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.
Larry Kenney, WB9LOZ