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- AMTOR CHANNEL COMMANDS
-
- TYPE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING COMMANDS ON A NEW LINE AND END WITH
- EITHER (CR/LF) OR THE + ? SEQUENCE (BUT NOT BOTH). IF YOU DO NOT
- USE THE + ? SEQUENCE THE SYSTEM WILL CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF THE
- LINK FOR YOU WHEN IT RECOGNIZES A VALID COMMAND.
-
- H OR HELP - SEND THE HELP FILE
-
- CNCN - CANCEL WHATEVER IS IN PROGRESS. (USUALLY A MESSAGE YOU ARE
- ENTERING INTO THE SYSTEM)
-
- LOGIN (YOUR CALL) - LOGS YOU IN
- LOGON (YOUR CALL) - SAME AS LOGIN
-
- L - LIST ALL AVAILABLE MESSAGES IN THE SYSTEM, NOT INCLUDING
- BULLETINS (SEE NOTE)
- L (NUMBER) - AS ABOVE EQUAL OR GREATER THAN (NUMBER)
- LTO OR LM - LIST ALL MESSAGES TO YOU
- LTO (CALL) - LIST ALL MESSAGES TO (CALL)
- LFM - LIST ALL MESSAGES FROM YOU
- LFM (CALL) - LIST ALL MESSAGES FROM (CALL)
- LT - LIST ALL NTS MESSAGES
- LB - LIST ALL GENERAL INTEREST BULLETINS (SEE NOTE)
- LB (NUMBER) - AS ABOVE EQUAL OR GREATER THAN (NUMBER)
- LR - LIST AMTOR USERS WHO HAVE LOGGED ON IN THE PAST 24 HOURS
-
- NTS - LIST ALL UNFORWARDED NTS MESSAGES
-
- RN OR RM - READ ALL NEW MESSAGES ADDRESSED TO YOU
- R (NUMBER) - READ MESSAGE (NUMBER)
- RH (NUMBER) - READ MESSAGE (NUMBER) INCLUDING ROUTING HEADERS
-
- SP (CALL) - SEND A MESSAGE TO (CALL), END WITH NNNN
- SB (NAME) - ENTER A BULLETIN WITH (NAME), END WITH NNNN
- SB (NAME) AT (ROUTE) BID (BID) - ENTER A BULLETIN WITH (NAME) AT
- (ROUTE) WITH A BID OF (BID)
-
- SP (CALL) AT (ROUTE) - SEND A MESSAGE TO (CALL) TO BE FORWARDED
- VIA (ROUTE)
- ST (ZIPCODE) AT (NTS STATECODE) - SEND AN NTS MESSAGE (USE
- ACCEPTED NTS SUBJECT AND MESSAGE FORMAT)
-
- NNNN - END A MESSAGE. MUST HAVE BEEN STARTED WITH SP, SB, OR ST.
-
- CANCEL (NUMBER) - CANCELS MESSAGE (NUMBER) IF ORIGINATED BY YOU
-
- T - TALK TO THE SYSOP
-
- I - INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SYSTEM
-
- V - READ VERSION NUMBER
-
- A - (AFTER SEIZING THE LINK) ABORT A FILE BEING RECEIVED
-
- LOGOUT - LOGS YOU OFF
- LOGOFF - SAME AS LOGOUT
-
- /// - ANYWHERE ON THE LINE CANCELS THE LINE (EXCEPT IN MESSAGES)
-
- NOTE: THE L, AND LB COMMANDS WILL ONLY LIST MESSAGES YOU HAVE NOT
- PREVIOUSLY LISTED. FOLLOW THE COMMAND WITH A NUMBER TO OVERRIDE
- THIS FEATURE. USE 0 TO LIST ALL MESSAGES IN THE CATEGORY.
-
- HERE IS SOME SPECIAL COMMANDS FOR THE EXPERT USER:
-
- EXPERT - TOGGLES THE 'EXPERT' MODE
- RI - READS THE MBO'S INTERCEPT FILE
- RF - READS THE MBO'S AMTOR AUTOFORWARD ROUTING FILE
- NOTE: RI AND RF ARE AVAILABLE TO OTHER MBO'S ONLY
- F - (AFTER SEIZING THE LINK) ABORT A FILE BEING RECEIVED AND MARK
- IF FORWARDED IF IT IS FOR YOU. (THIS IS FOR USE WITH
- DUPLICATE MESSAGES.)
-