[drats_users] email gateway setup

IZ5FSA
Sat Jan 17 10:04:25 PST 2009


Fine business OM, I confirm all is ok now.

Last question: is it a feature to auto send forms to station is it call match 
with email address?

  vy 73s de Leo, IZ5FSA

Dave Cooley ha scritto:
> 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.
> 



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