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What is HamServ ?
For some months now I have been re-writing a program called Inetserv that
I
found on the Internet.
I have placed a beta copy of my work so far on my web site at...
www.gb7abc.freeserve.co.uk/hamserv.exe
Because it is still beta software, you will not find mention of it on my
web
site, and you won't find the mentioned WinPack support server on my site
yet.
So what does HamServ do?
It runs under 32 bit Windows; I have been testing it with Windows ME.
HamServ has many uses, you can if you wish just use it to create a mail
distribution system, just configure Outlook Express to send all your mail
into HamServ, and HamServ will then pass it on to the Internet, making
multiple copies from a simple mailing list file if you wish.
You can also run a small BBS / PMS which will allow people to connect into
your system.
Ideally you should run it under the AGW Packet Engine and it's TCP/IP
driver.
If you do this, people can then connect to HamServ either over packet
radio,
or over the Internet.
They can connect using a standard "Telnet" program from any TCP/IP
software,
ideally this would be done using the AGWPE TCP/IP driver over two metres
and
a Windows Telnet program.
When connected using Telnet, HamServ will look very similar to a normal
amateur radio TCP/IP BBS, messages entered will be forwarded by SMTP over
the Internet, or over packet.
Users can also connect using HTTP protocol using Internet Explorer either
over the Internet, or by using AGWPE and two metres.
They then get a web based BBS system.
Or users can connect using POP3 and SMTP protocols using Outlook Express
or any suitable TCP/IP system.
It would probably be ideal to run this server alongside an FBB packet
radio
BBS and write a simple server to copy mail between the two systems, this
would then give packet radio a much more modern interface to the outside
world.
This is still very much work in progress, not everything yet works,
but I have provided plenty of documentation and help files.
Although similar externally to InetServ on which it has been based,
internally much of the code is very different.
Try it, have fun, let me know what you think...
Ken
Gw3tmh@qsl.net
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