Messages sent by PageGate are sent with more information than just the message itself. Messages will be prefixed with the reliapage index (if enabled), the block number (if it is part of a large message that has been broken into smaller pieces. i.e. 1 of 3, 2 of 3, 3 of 3), the sender's name (optional), and then the message itself. Each of these fields is separated with a colon (:). Most pagers have a limited character set usually consisting of upper and lower case letters, numbers, and some symbols (periods, commas, dollar signs, exclamation points, etc.). Non printing characters such as carriage returns, line feeds, tabs, and some symbols are not commonly supported. By default the PageGate Server will strip all non-printable characters from the messages. This behavior can optionally be turned of in the PG Admin program.
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