Epson MFJ-1278B manual ## Cr

MFJ-1278B MULTI-MODE ADVANCED OPERATION

6.Anyone who accesses the Mailbox can read messages or that are addressed to him/her. Also a message that is a addressed to ALL, such as bulletins can be read by anyone. Messages can be read by two (2) different methods. Below are the two methods:

A.This method will allow the remote user, local or remote SYSOP to read a group of messages. This is only good for a group of messages with the same callsign as MYcall. The set conditions of the Type or message flags have an effect on a read process. They can be set to an N, Y or an F. To perform this type:

R<CR>

B.Messages can also be read individually by the slot number. This is good for reading other messages like bulletins or messages addressed to ALL. In order do an individual read type:

R## <CR>

Where ## is the slot number of the message that you wish to read.

C.The Mailbox will respond with the message from the slot specified. All messages read will be in the following format:

Slot## t m To: From: Subject:

This is an example of a message from the Mailbox

Where Slot## column is the number of the slot that the messages are in. The lower case t is the Type Flag block. The lower case m is the Message Flag block. The To: column will contain the callsign of the person who the message is addressed to. The From: column will contain the callsign of the person who left the message. The Subject: column will contain a brief message title. Then at the end of the message the Mailbox prompt will be issued.

7.The remote user can also disconnect from the Mailbox without having to issue a CTRL- C, D and a RETURN. All that needs to be done is to type: B to logout of the Mailbox and disconnect from the it. If you access your Mailbox via the SYsop command, then you must issue a CTRL-C to exit the Mailbox and return to command mode. The command prompt will indicate the stream you are on. The command prompt may look like this:

Acmd: where A indicates that you are on packet stream A.