The following are the @BBS designators that are currently in use here in the
Pacific Northwest, these may be different for your part of the network,
questions should be directed towards your LOCAL SYSOP of the BBS from which
you are reading this bulletin from.

ALLBBS   National
ALLUSA   National
AMSAT    National
ALLUSW   West Coast only.
WAGB     Washington State ONLY
WWGB     Western Washington State including some BBS's in OR, and Canada.
EWGB     This is the designator for Eastern Washington, ONLY
ORGB     Oregon State ONLY
IDAHO    This is the designator for Idaho ONLY (Like WAGB is)
MTGB     This is the designator for Montana ONLY 
NWGB     This is the designator for the entire Pacific Northwest
PNW      Same distribution as NWGB
LAN80    Limited Distribution
LAN40    Limited Distribution
PUGET    Limited distribution for the Puget Sound area
NWS      This is for the WX report and is very limited.
NWTFC    Emergency SYSOP type of designator - priority traffic [W0LVJ].

SYSOP type designators ONLY!    Not intended for useage by users.
MBLBBS   National   The main designator for 'MBL stuff.
MSYS        "       The main designator for the MSYS BBS.   MSYSNW for the N.W.
REBBS    National   This is the designator for AA4RE's information.
RLIBBS      "       This is the designator for 'RLI BBS.

If you are sending a bulletin that is greater than roughly 4-5K in file
size to your local BBS, then it would be wise to break the file into
smaller bulletins so that they may be transfered via HF and the other
VHF routes that are difficult to pass mail via; smaller files are easier
to send via these types of routes. When sending files that have more
than one part, a single file broken into separate files, then it is also
important to show the part number within the "Subject" such as;
"1/3 Field Day information"   then continue with the text of the bulletin
as the message.   If this is at the beginning, instead of the end of the
"Subject" line, then the chances of it getting cut off from exceeding the
line length for the "Subject" line are lessened. It is possible it it was
formatted with the   "1/3"   at the end, then all that would be shown in
this case would be just the  "Field Day information"  and might appear as
the same bulletin, several times, since the part numbers would not be shown.


Additionally;  Please, please, send a carriage return before the 80th
column of text!  This prevents the lines exceeding 80 columns from being
chopped off, lines double spacing on other users screens, word wrap,
words being fractured when they word wrap, and if someone wishes to save
your bulletin to a printed copy, then many printers do not like lines
exceeding 80 columns.
To paraphrase Tom Clark, W3IWI;  Please use the return key !!!


One more thing;  if you are selling, requesting information, whatever and
are looking for a reply from someone via Packet, it is very helpful if the
return Packet address is one of the last lines in the text, such as I have
at the bottom of this bulletin, showing your callsign and the BBS from
which you would look for a reply.

If you have further questions, please contact your SYSOP from the BBS of
the system from which you are reading this.
If you have comments, or suggestions, please let me know.


Thanks!
de N7FSP - West Seattle, Washington.
SP N7FSP @ N7HFZ.WA