[GA ARES] Katrina - Missed Signals

[John Kraus KC4ZGQ]

Stan,

These are good observations. See my comments below.

At 08:41 PM 2/18/2006, you wrote:
>One thought just hit me:  many of the computer systems today aren't 
>including floppy drives.  We had best be prepared to use the USB Jump 
>Drives.  I know the laptops I'm using don't have floppy drives in them and 
>a lot of what I'm seeing computer-wise in the newer EOC's as well as 
>laptops being used in EMA are the same way.
>

USB drive or floppy the concept is the same. It is not the ham creating the 
documents it is the EOC personnel working within the programs they are 
familer with creating the data they need transmitted and the ham is simply 
a conduit.  They add nothing, subtract nothing, and thereby introduce no 
errors.


>Another alternative is to be tied into the local E-mail network with the 
>computer containing the Winlink client.  Receive the material internally 
>as an attachment, detach it, and then reattach it to the message generated 
>for Winlink or simply forward the message with any required adjustments to 
>the base message and addressing in systems where the same mail client is 
>configured to support both the local mail system and Winlink.  You just 
>have to be careful to use the correct originating E-mail address in the 
>latter solution.
>
>There are a number of interesting options here.
>
>Regards,
>Stan, WA4DYD


This is built in functionality within both the Airmail and Paclink 
clients.  Both have POP/SMTP mail servers built in and can accept messages 
directly with no need to detach and reattach the attachment.

The basic design goal behind Paclink was to provide a way for end users to 
send messages with their existing email programs. There is also no need to 
install the Paclink program inside the EOC firewall which can overcome a 
very real IT issue.

It is very easy to run either Airmail or Paclink and send messages using 
Outlook, Thunderbird, Eudora or any standard email client.


73 de John F. Kraus II KC4ZGQ
DIGITAL_COMMS_GA at cox.net
GA-ARES DEC for Digital Communications
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