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BID : 3A0115ZL1ABS
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Subj: Outpost Packet info
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Sent: 070531/1344Z @:ZL1AB.#06.NZL.OC #:61150 [AUCKLAND] FBB7.00i $:3A0115ZL1AB
From: ZL1ABS@ZL1AB.#06.NZL.OC
To : PACKET@WW
About Outpost
Outpost is a Windows-based packet message client that lets you send and
receive packet messages with almost any Amateur Radio Bulletin Board
System (BBS) or TNC Personal Mail Box.
Outpost was designed for the ARES/RACES packet user community. The
thinking behind it was to create an intuitive, easy-to-use program that
lets ARES/RACES organizations focus on the "message," not the "medium," as
they pass packet traffic to and from an Operational Area BBS. So, what
are the overall design goals?
Hide the native packet environment complexity and shorten the learning
curve
Provide an MS Windows-based packet messaging client
Automate the packet message handling environment
Create a program that behaves like your email client that you have at work
or home…
…create, send, receive, read, delete, reply to, or forward messages
Support the response efforts and requirements of our local municipalities
and served agencies
Outpost has a similar look and feel to other contemporary mail clients.
It features Windows-driven forms and screens that handle creating,
sending, receiving, storing, and printing packet messages from your PC.
It also can run automatically where it periodically checks for out-going
and in-coming messages.
Outpost does not support any packet message forwarding protocol.
Instead, it interprets the infoprmation sent from the TNC and BBS, then
generates the TNC and BBS commands needed to send, list, and retrieve
messages from the BBS. It essentially automates the keyboard entry and
interpretation performed by the user.
Outpost has undergone several releases of functionality identified by the
Outpost user community. Find information on the last few Outpost releases
here...
www.outpostpm.ord
Info recently appeared in QST magazine
73 de Michael ZL1ABS@ZL1AB.#06.NZL.OC
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