github.com/la5nta/wl2k-go@v0.11.8/docs/F6FBB-B2F/ack.html (about) 1 <html> 2 3 <head> 4 <title>F6FBB Pages : FBB</title> 5 <link title="fbbmain" rel="stylesheet" href="fbbmain.css" type="text/css"> 6 </head> 7 8 <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#C0C0C0" link="#0000EE" vlink="#551A8B" alink="#FF0000" 9 background="back_fbb.jpg"> 10 11 <h1 align="center">ACK messages</h1> 12 13 <p>An ACK messages gives the confirmation that a PRIVATE arrived in tis destination back 14 to the sender.</p> 15 16 <h3>How does an ACK message work ?</h3> 17 18 <ul class="txt"> 19 <li>An ACK message is requested with the string <br> 20 /ACK <br> 21 written by the sender inside his message in 1st column.</li> 22 <li>When the message arrives in its destination, an ACK message is generated and sent back 23 to the requester, including the date and eventually other informations.</li> 24 </ul> 25 26 <h3>Protocol</h3> 27 28 <ul class="txt"> 29 <li>The SID of the BBS including this feature will have the letter "A"</li> 30 <li>An ACK message is a short message including only text</li> 31 <li>An ACK message is generated only on private mail, not on bulletins</li> 32 <li>The message has a type "A" (private are "P", bulletins are 33 "B")</li> 34 <li>Only the first header forwarding line is generated, other BBS will not add their header 35 forwarding line</li> 36 <li>If the BBS which is forwarded does not include this feature, the message is changed to 37 type "P" (Private).</li> 38 <li>Type "A" message are not seen by users.</li> 39 <li>When arriving back to its destination, the type of the ACK message is changed to type 40 "P" (private) to be read by the requester.</li> 41 </ul> 42 43 <p> </p> 44 </body> 45 </html>