[OZAPRS] VK email server

[Ron and Val Smith]

Thanks, John.
I tried it via a digi to the igate and it worked fine.
Cheers
Ron
vk4ags
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Williams" <vk5zty at bigpond.com>
To: <ozaprs at marconi.ics.mq.edu.au>
Sent: Tuesday, 13 April 2004 13:41 PM
Subject: [OZAPRS] VK email server


> For people wishing to  send  an aprs message to an email address there
is
now a local
> alternative.
> For people using igates connected to aprs.net.au or second.aprs.net.au
the
email server will be
> no more than 2 aprs network nodes away.
>
>
> This email server has two modes. Single line and multi line.
>
> Details:-
>
> Destination address is VKMAIL
> Alternate destination address is V
> Either will work.  The latter being easier for D700s etc.
>
> Email address is specified as  -  recip at host
> Alternate email address is specified as  - recip at host
>
> An example single line email
>
> recip at host<space>message text
>
> For multiline emails the ! character is used as the first character in
the
message text e.g
>
> LINE 1  contains the email address and some message text
>
> recip at host<space>!message line 1
>
> LINE2 to LINE n-1  contains the ! character as the first character in
the
message.
>
> LINE2
>
> !next line 2
>
> LINE 3
>
> !next line 3
>
> To terminate the message, simply leave out the ! at the start of the
message.
>
> LAST LINE
>
> end line.
>
> The email message will then be sent.
>
> Remember that aprs messages are restricted to 67 characters. Your aprs
client will probably
> allow you to go over that amount and the client will separate the text
into multiple aprs
> messages.
> In this case the email server will do it's best to process what it
currently has and either send the
> email or respond with an error message.
>
> For people using D700s etc while mobile (but not driving) or perhaps
sending a message via
> one of the digital satellites, there is a message timeout set to 4
minutes
for multi line emails.
> This timer is reset on receipt of each valid aprs message. So for
instance
the server does not
> receive the last line of your message it will send the lines received on
expiry of the 4 minute
> timer.
>
>
> The email server was written primarily to provide locality of service
and
to incorporate at some
> point a number of additional functions that would be of local interest
only.
>
> Regards
> John
> VK5ZTY
>
>
>
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