Thank you, Patrick! Those instructions should?be part of the standard manual. Or did I miss it somewhere already posted?
Honestly though I hope someone smarter than me figures out a way to make it all work without adding another server, radio, cables(s), and TNC. Especially if it's all sitting in the same room!
--Dan510-305-9949
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Here is how you do that: Run an instance of the D-RATS client on the same computer as the Ratflector. Make a network connection to localhost port 9000. Go to Preferences>Email Access, Add a user with a callsign of * and set Access to Both. This instance of D-RATS can now act as a mail server by using the "Send Via" option when creating an e-mail.
The best way I have found to implement an RF connection is to locate the Ratflector computer at a repeater site and make a serial data connection between the computer and a D-STAR radio. In the Ratflector configuration, add a device and make it a serial connection to the comm port where the radio is connected. If you want an AX.25 connection, use a TNC-X (MFJ-1270x) and create a KISS TNC connection in the Ratflector.
Good luck and 73 Patrick (N3TSZ)
On Thursday, May 20, 2021, 12:26:46 PM EDT, Dan Goldstein < dgold94544@...> wrote:
Thanks for sharing those little gotchas. Wondering if there's any way to automate the process further specifically when using RF. For example, by placing a D-RATS client on a server pre-configured to relay for specific sending call signs; or?using Winlink, AGWPE, USB-RTS05, ID-51A...
--Dan510-305-9949
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You can automate the ping process by setting Preferences>Messages>Station TTL to 600 seconds (10 minutes). When a message is places in the outbox, if the target station is not on the station list, or more than 10 minutes old, D-RATS will ping the station before attempting to send the message.
Patrick (N3TSZ)
On Thursday, May 20, 2021, 08:00:40 AM EDT, Michael Mandell < mikemandell@...> wrote:
Our group practices this all the time. "Email" as used radio to radio in D-Rats may be confusing. It's just a digital radio message using something that kind of looks like an email client and form. It is NOT email as you normally think of internet email. You can actually send internet email, though. D-Rats can use an old-fashioned POP/SMTP account (you may still be able to use this with modern stuff like hotmail and others...gmail may no longer work due to Google security and how old D-Rats mail client is). It works much like sending WinLink email using Telnet....no radio involved. Goes right from your PC over the internet. However, a fantastic feature of D-Rats is the ability to use another stations POP/SMTP account to forward internet email for you if you don't have internet where you are. This is a little involved in setup, and as Patrick said, you the station doing the forwarding has to allow your call to forward through his setup. This is incredibly slick.?
One thing to keep in mind when you are sending any kind of digital D-Rats message to another station...D-Rats will sit there doing nothing if that station does not appear in the active stations list on your D-Rats program. In fact, it has to be pretty current (not sure how many minutes). A good practice is to "Ping" the desired station then go ahead and "send and receive" traffic. Otherwise, D-Rats will often do nothing while it waits until the other station is active again.?
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