[drats_users] email gateway setup

[Dave Cooley]

Dan,
No sweat, that's what these groups are for. You develop and refine at
lightning speed and the task of keeping a support page up to date would only
take away from your time working on D-RATS itself.  Don't worry about it. We
have a pretty knowledgeable set of users in this group and can all do our
part, only you can make it work.

If anything is needed it would be someone to step forward and offer to put
together a regular D-RATS net for those with questions and wanting to test.
This probably should be someone with access and ability to setup such a
thing like a DSTAR sysop.
There are several DSTAR nets around the country that deal with the technical
aspect of DSTAR itself but none that specifically address D-RATS. Again I
wouldn't expect you to facilitate or moderate such a group, you have enough
on your plate. 

It would be interesting to hear from others if there is any interest in such
a thing. 


Thanks and keep up the great work. It just gets better!

Dave Cooley
N4DIB



-----Original Message-----
From: drats_users-bounces at lists.danplanet.com
[mailto:drats_users-bounces at lists.danplanet.com] On Behalf Of Dan Smith
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 10:57 AM
To: Discussion of D-RATS
Subject: Re: [drats_users] email gateway setup


Dave,

> You must set up a gateway station for both incoming and outgoing email 
> access. Any station you allow access must be so designated in the 
> email access section of the config settings.
> 
> Click add and enter the call sign of the station you wish to grant 
> access.
> 
> Choose incoming, outgoing, both (this is most likely what you will 
> use), or none( this would be used for local email traffic 
> non-internet)
> 
> Remember that the distant station must have a unique call sign (not 
> the same as the gateway)
> 
> To check the mail from a distant station, go to the call sign tab in 
> the main chat window, Right click on the gateway and select get form. 
> A list of the forms (email is a form) will be returned and you can 
> select the message to download.
> 
> We do this through repeaters and using call sign linking with no 
> problem. If your path involves a repeater you may want to add a second 
> or two to the delay transmit settings to allow for any repeater tail.

Thanks a lot for answering this so comprehensively.  This makes me realize
how out-of-date the InternetEmail page on the wiki is.  Later today I'll try
to get it updated to reflect all the new settings that are involved.

-- 
Dan Smith
dsmith#danplanet.com, s/#/@/
www.danplanet.com
KK7DS

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