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The Mailbox will respond with a list of currently used slots in the following format:

Slot:## t m To: From: Subject:

Where Slot## column is the number of the slot that the messages are in. The number of message slots present in the standard 32K Mailbox is 99. 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.

After the Mailbox lists all messages it will issue the Mailbox prompt:

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The Pactor Mailbox will send an automatic changeover after it lists all mailbox messages. After the automatic changeover is sent, the mailbox will send a CTRL-G character back to the remote user. The CTRL-G character will sound the computer bell in the user's computer.

6.Anyone who accesses the Mailbox can read messages that are addressed to him/or her. Also a message which is a addressed to ALL, such as bulletins are readable by anyone. Messages are 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:

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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## <ENTER>

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## tm To: From: Subject:

This is an example of a message from the Mailbox

Where Slot## column is the number of the slot which 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