[drats_users] D-RATS 0.3.2b5 WL2K email

[Dan Smith]

(Sorry for the delay in responding to this)

> - I sent email to W9DBE * winlink.org <http://winlink.org> and then
> connected to W9DBE-10 D-Rats station to check the email. W9DBE-10
> collected the W9DBE WL email and put it in it's outbox. Then nothing
> further...it stays in the W9DBE-10's outbox and does not get forwarded
> to the W9DBE D-Rats station.

The debug logs shows that it *is* trying to send the form from the
outbox and that the W9DBE station is not responding and/or the blocks
are not making it cleanly to the other side.  Was this over RF?

> - W9DBE-10 showed "W9DBE requested a mail check", and then "Checking
> mail for W9DBE: Queued 2 messages". W9DBE then shows "Mail Check via
> W9DBE-10: No Response", and then "Mail check via W9DBE-10: No messages".

That would happen if you put in three requests, two of which were
serviced and one of which was corrupted.

> - On a separate thought...as I test the WL2k email check between the
> stations, have gotten confused a few times on which station is logged on
> with what SSID (or none). Would it make sense to have the D-Rats logged
> in callsign with SSID shown somewhere on the display (bottom status
> bar?)?

Since the SSID is a Winlink/Packet thing and not D-STAR related, I could
go for displaying the callsign but I don't think the SSID belongs there.
 File a bug/feature report if you would so I'll remember to do it.

> And on the same topic, does it make sense to have the name of the
> connected stations shown somewhere? If they were you could tell that
> station W9DBE-1 was actually "EOC", KC9ORB was "Red Cross", and so on.
> Might simplify communications a bit when in the stress of an emcomm
> event. Just a couple of thoughts...

Define "connected stations" in this context.  Any station-to-station
transfer that is in-progress shows up in the Event Log.  Perhaps the
event text for a session could be made to include the station, which
might help that.

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Dan Smith
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