[drats_users] D-RATS and Winlink 2K

[John D. Hays]

I don't think Dan's ideas revolve around and exclusive email service
provider. Gmail is free and available to most anybody and they a very strong
infrastructure, but there is no reason that winlink.org couldn't be a MTA as
well.

Just my $0.41 worth.

-- John, K7VE

On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Les Rayburn <les at highnoonfilm.com> wrote:

>  Someone mentioned the possibility of "bridging" D-RATS to the Winlink
> e-mail system. Today, I've noticed discussions about using gmail as the
> desired provider of POP3 e-mail accounts.
>
> While I'm sure there are merits to both ideas, I'd really like to suggest
> considering bridging to the Winlink.org system. It seems to me that this
> offers a lot of advantages, especially as it pertains to EMCOMM. Winlink
> already enjoys a robust HF system, and being able to interconnect the two
> systems would be desirable. At the local county EMA for example, we can
> already connect to Winlink via our HF radio to send and receive e-mails in
> the event of loss of Internet connectivity during an incident.
>
> With D-RATS and our installed IC-2820H, we could also provide that same
> capability via D-Star. It provides redundancy and as Martha Stewart likes to
> say, that's always a "good thing" in my world.
>
> Once the bridging was completed, any licensed amateur radio operator could
> obtain a Winlink.org e-mail address by simply sending an e-mail within
> D-star.
>
> Are there other issues or problems with this that I'm not considering?
>
> 73,
>
>
>
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
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