Outpost Packet Message Manager

BBS and PBBS Information



 

SNOS BBS

General Information: 21-Mar-08: As described in Hank W0RLI's first link below, "SNOS  -- Simple Network Operating System -- is software to link tcp/ip into the existing AX.25 BBS store and forward network.  SNOS gateways Bulletins to and from News Articles and Email to and from Personal Messages.  SNOS is run on a junker DOS machine."

As per the 2nd link below, as of this post, the most current version is SNOS 1.6, built in March 2008. 

References:

http://www.w0rli.net/w0rli/nosdoc/index.htm

http://www.w0rli.net/w0rli/

User Settings:

Outpost users on SNOS BBSs must be registered and set up as EXPERTS.  The following F6FBB commands should be executed during a manual BBS session before using Outpost.

 

Registration BBS Commands

First time users may be prompted to register with the BBS with one or more registration commands.  If this is the case, the user may be continuously reminded to register every time you log on until you do so.  The commands are:

  1. N  : Shows your WhitePages information, or sets your name.

  2. N <name> : sets or modifies your name.

  3. NH <bbs> : sets or modifies your home BBS. 

  4. NQ <qth> : sets or modifies the city.

Paging Command

You must turn Paging off.  This "feature" was originally built into many BBSs to accommodate a time when we used dumb terminals that didn't have much display memory and we didn't want messages to fly by w/o seeing the text. Manually log on to the BBS, and enter the command here.  

  1. NL <n> : sets pause after "n" lines.  
    SET "NL 0" for no pause.

Outpost Notes:

IMPLEMENTATION
SID = [SNOS-1.4-HIX$]
Outpost looks for the "[SNOS" phrase of the SID as the means for identifying this BBS.

CONFIRMATION
Pending release, tentatively planned as part of a v2.2.2 distribution.

CONSIDERATIONS
1.  Outpost will automatically determine the BBS prompt for a SNOS BBS.

BBS Notes:

SPECIAL CONFIGURATIONS, SETTINGS

21-Mar-07:  None to date

Listing:

The following is a listing of a SNOS session as captured by a user.

 

cmd:c k7iqi
cmd:*** CONNECTED to K7IQI
[SNOS-1.4-HIX$]

Welcome to the K7IQI BBS in Cedar Mill.

To use FCC & Canadian Callsign Database, switch to THE NODE,
and type:   qth "callsign", for example: qth ka7qrm

? for help>
sp n7ogm
Subject:
Test message for Outpost.
Enter message. End with /EX or ^Z in first column.
This is a test message.
Ben
/ex
Message saved.
? for help>
lm
MsgID F   To     From    Size Tag    Received
  298 P   N7OGM  N7OGM    401 smogm  0520/0658 Test Outpost msg
? for help>
R 298
Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 06:58:41 -0800
From: N7OGM@N7OGM.OR.USA.NOAM
To: N7OGM@N7OGM.AMPR.ORG
Subject: Test Outpost msg

This is a test message.
Ben
? for help>
b
*** DISCONNECTED


 

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