[drats_users] D-RATS- HF

[Tony Langdon, VK3JED]

At 08:09 AM 3/31/2009, you wrote:
>SMTP with MIME attachments?

Well, it is a standard, and supports file attachments.  Could make a 
bit of sense, as that would allow 2 machines on the same LAN to be 
linked, and you have text and file transfer capabilities.  Wouldn't 
push it past the LAN frontier, without beefing up security, unless 
you want to be a conduit for D-RATS spam ;)  I can certainly see that 
SMTP fits well with Winlink. :)

Given the nature of D-RATS traffic, something designed for realtime 
messaging might be worth investingsting, such as Jabber.  A dedicated 
Jabber network could be implemented on a global scale, and could be 
restricted only to registered ham gateways (whether NBEMS, D-RATS or 
something else).  Might be a relatively secure way to link D-RATS 
around the world too.  Individual hams could be validated (a la 
Echolink style) and allowed to connect directly to the Jabber server 
as well.  The system could support point to point links (via direct 
private messaging), and nets (using a "chat room).  And being open 
source, if Jabber is "not quite right", a ham version could be 
forked, or ham patches could be submitted for inclusion into the 
source of the software we choose to use. :)

Just thinking out loud, and tossing ideas out there.

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