Re: Anyone know what Request Mail Check is supposed to do?
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That may very well be true. There are several features in D-RATS that Dan started working on, but never followed through to the end. This may be another one. Speaking of which, the AGWPE connection in the D-RATS repeater never worked. I would to connect is to a soundcard TNC, like Direwolf. I hope you can look into that, when you get a chance (it does work on the D-RATS client). Thanks, Patrick (N3TSZ)
On Thursday, June 2, 2022, 09:02:42 AM EDT, John E. Malmberg <wb8tyw@...> wrote:
Hello Patrick, All, The mailcheck button asks for you to select an account, and gives a choice of the locally configured accounts, and an additional account named "Other" is is created by the mailcheck button and added to the list. For the 0.3.x D-rats, It looks like the intent is for the first account in your configuration is the default, but that is not guaranteed. All the data, existed or entered into the dialog is then ignored for because it was marked sensitive. (Field disabled for reading). The existing code in the master branch then has a bug at line 78 in main_stations.py that should crash d-rats.? It is calling the choose_account handler, but passing the wrong type of python object as the parameter. That call should not be there. Once that bug is removed, for me so far, the remote machine refuses the connection, claiming name or service not known. So it does not look like anyone using the actually able to use this feature with recent versions of d-rats. 73, -John wb8tyw On 6/1/2022 7:16 AM, Patrick Connor via groups.io wrote: > Hi John,Here is the use case scenario:Your D-RATS station does not does not access to the internet (deployed in the field or mobile, using a radio).You select a station from the list and right-click and select Request Mail Check.IF the station you select has an Internet connection AND has your E-mail settings saved under E-mail Accounts, will query your E-mail account. I do not know if the E-mail will be downloaded and transferred to the requesting station, or just notified if you have messages waiting. > Patrick (N3TSZ) |
Patrick Connor