Kantronics KPC–3 Plus User Manual page 87

If you choose the first set of numbers, you should send the following as a response:
Tairia
(T is the 1st letter, a is the 12th letter, i is the 3rd letter, and so on. See the RTEXT
command in the Commands section for a more detailed explanation.)
NOTE: Spaces DO count as characters, and case is significant!
Reverse Forwarding Messages from Your Mailbox
The TNC mailbox will allow you to enter messages, which will be forwarded by full-
service BBSs (RLI, MBL, etc). These messages have a special format, and can be
entered in any personal mailbox. Let's suppose you want to send a message to
WA4EWV who lives in Texas. You know his home BBS is WB5BBW, so you can put
this message in the PBBS with the command:
S WA4EWV @ WB5BBW
Entering an @ BBS will cause the TNC to reverse forward this message to a full service
BBS when requested by the full service BBS. In order to improve the chances of this
message reaching its destination, you should always enter the message with complete
hierarchical forwarding:
S WA4EWV @ WB5BBW.#STX.TX.USA.NOAM
Complete information on Hierarchical forwarding can be obtained from your local BBS
system operator, but basically the first field after the @ symbol is the HOME BBS of the
station you are trying to send a message. The next several fields (separated by periods)
are the state (two-letter postal abbreviation), country, and continent. In this case, since
Texas is so large, it is sub-divided into smaller areas. These are indicated with the #
symbol (in this case #STX—South Texas).
Messages entered into your mailbox in this format will be reverse forwarded to the full
service BBS when requested, and the following rules apply:
The TNC acts like a ―smart BBS‖ when forwarding to or from a full service BBS. This
means that it will no longer send the SUBJECT: prompt, nor will it send the ENTER
MESSAGE prompt. You will also notice that when a full-service BBS connects to your
PBBS, the TNC does not send the usual ENTER COMMAND prompt, but only the > is
sent. This is designed to reduce the amount of data on the packet network, since
―smart‖ BBSs know what is expected of them.
Once a Private or Traffic message has been successfully forwarded out of your mailbox,
it will be deleted from the PBBS if PBKILLFW is ON. Bulletins will be marked with a
status of ―F‖ and will remain in the PBBS.
Selecting a Home Full-Service BBS.
One important use of your Kantronics PBBS is to connect to the national system of
packet-radio based BBSs, which was described earlier in the ―historical note‖ at the
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