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<body class='hmmessage'>Thanks for the great write-up...<BR>
This is excellent tool. I'm excited to get it working.<BR>
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Terry - N7EXB<BR>
Palmer Lake, CO<BR>
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Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 23:03:20 +1100<BR>From: dave@daves-portal.com<BR>To: drats_users@lists.danplanet.com<BR>Subject: Re: [drats_users] D-RATS 0.2.7b6 config help<BR><BR><BR>
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<DIV><SPAN class=EC_712503911-08102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>G'day Terry,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=EC_712503911-08102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=EC_712503911-08102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>It is very early days with the email interface on D-RATS, in fact less than a week, but here's what is known so far...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=EC_712503911-08102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=EC_712503911-08102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>You need to have an internet account that can be accessed through a POP3 (Post Office Protocol) server. There are a number of these, but I don't know whether or not winlink.org has one available.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=EC_712503911-08102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>So that I don't confuse my everyday email with email that I want to receive via D-RATS (primarily during an emergency) I've setup a (free) unique account on gmail.com. Remember also that you want to ensure that the traffic that could be passed across RF needs to be appropriate for the amateur service and what-ever your local licencing conditions are.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=EC_712503911-08102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=EC_712503911-08102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>In my case I've basically set the parameters as follow:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV> <BR>SMTP Server:<SPAN class=EC_712503911-08102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff> My normal ISP server smtp address, eg: mail.*.com (replace * with your ISP details) </FONT></SPAN><BR>Force SMTP Reply-To:<SPAN class=EC_712503911-08102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff> my gmail email address, eg: <A href="mailto:waffle1@gmail.com">waffle1@gmail.com</A> (note: this is not my real gmail address)</FONT></SPAN><BR>POP3 Server:<SPAN class=EC_712503911-08102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff> The POP3 server I intend to use, eg: pop.gmail.com </FONT></SPAN><BR>POP3 Username:<SPAN class=EC_712503911-08102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff> my gmail POP3 username, eg: <A href="mailto:waffle1@gmail.com">waffle1@gmail.com</A> </FONT></SPAN><BR>POP3 Password:<SPAN class=EC_712503911-08102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff> my gmail password </FONT></SPAN><BR>POP3 Poll interval:<SPAN class=EC_712503911-08102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff> I set this to 2 minutes for initial testing, then increased it to 10 minutes for day to day stuff. </FONT></SPAN><BR>POP3 Port:<SPAN class=EC_712503911-08102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff> Some POP3 systems requre usage of SSL (Secure Socket Layers). For gmail.com set this to 995</FONT></SPAN><BR>Socket flush interval:<SPAN class=EC_712503911-08102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff> didn't touch from initial settings </FONT></SPAN><BR>Outgoing:<SPAN class=EC_712503911-08102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff> didn't touch from initial settings </FONT></SPAN><BR>Incoming:<FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN class=EC_712503911-08102008> </SPAN>didn't touch from initial settings</FONT></FONT><BR> <SPAN class=EC_712503911-08102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=EC_712503911-08102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>If you setup something like a gmail address and you don't want to keep a copy of the email on the POP server then make sure you configure the account so that when you access it via POP (eg: through D-RATS) that it deletes it from the POP server. Otherwise your account may have many messages stored on it that are no longer required.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=EC_712503911-08102008> </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=EC_712503911-08102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff> <FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000>> </FONT> </FONT></SPAN>Does the configuration change if I'm connected to the internet vs. being in the field?<SPAN class=EC_712503911-08102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=EC_712503911-08102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>These settings are only for the D-RATS station connected to the internet. The field stations don't require anything in these</FONT> <FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>fields.</FONT></SPAN><BR><SPAN class=EC_712503911-08102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=EC_712503911-08102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>I hope this helps. I've certainly had basic emails successfully flow in both directions across 2m simplex using D-STAR and D-RATS, thanks to Dan's efforts, but remember it is still early days and there is still a lot of development required...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=EC_712503911-08102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=EC_712503911-08102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Regards,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=EC_712503911-08102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=EC_712503911-08102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>davidt, VK3UR</FONT> </SPAN><BR></DIV></body>
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