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R:870406/0038 @:W6PW San Francisco #:2992 O:WD6CMU S:870406/0040
R:870407/0036 @:WD6CMU Richmond CA #:3028 O:WD6CMU F:145.09/223.58
WP stands for "white pages" and is a directory system for packet radio
mailboxes. It allows remote query and updating of a database that lists
the users of RLI-compatible mailboxes and their home bbs. To use the
program, a message is sent to "WP" at WD6CMU. The message can have several
lines (a single message can contain several queries/updates), but each line
must have one of the following formats:
<callsign> QTH?
<callsign> QTH <mailbox>
DE <callsign> @ <mailbox>
The first form is a query and will return the home bbs of the person with
the given callsign. The second form adds or changes the entry for the given
callsign, storing his home mailbox with his callsign. The third form
provides a return address for the requested information. If the message
does not contain a line of the third form, the WP program will try to get
the return address from the forwarding headers. This will work as long as
the mailboxes in the forward path use the NK6K format for forwarding headers.
Replies will be sent to the originating station at the mailbox specified
as described above. The reply will be generated a few minutes after the
message is received at WD6CMU. Currently, the WP program is run every 15
minutes, so that is the maximum wait for a reply. Of course, queries sent
from other mailboxes will have to make their way through the forwarding
system, as will the reply.
For example, suppose you wanted to find out where KE6AD was located? You
would send a message to WP like this:
Msg# TR Size To From @ BBS Date/Time Title
2005 PN 11 WP WD6CMU 0319/1207 A query
ke6ad qth?
Notice that case is insignificant within the message. If the station was not
on file, WP would send you a reply that looked like this:
Msg# TR Size To From @ BBS Date/Time Title
2006 PN 74 WD6CMU WP 0319/1207 Reply to WP query
KE6AD no record, sorry.
73 DE WP @ WD6CMU
If you happened to know that KE6AD was at N7EQN, you could tell WP that.
Let's say you also wanted to look up N7EQN. The message would look
like this:
Msg# TR Size To From @ BBS Date/Time Title
2007 PN 27 WP WD6CMU 0319/1208 ke6ad qth n7eqn
ke6ad qth n7eqn
n7eqn qth?
The reply from WP would be:
Msg# TR Size To From @ BBS Date/Time Title
2008 PN 85 WD6CMU WP 0319/1208 Reply to WP query
KE6AD QTH N7EQN QSL TNX
N7EQN QTH N7EQN Redwood City, CA (SKYWARN)
73 DE WP @ WD6CMU
The database is in a growing state so it may not contain the callsign
you're interested in. If you wish to add an entry, please make sure that
the information is accurate.