Outpost Packet Message Manager v3.3 User Basics April 2020 Version: v3.3 Outpost Packet Message Manager v3.3 c081 Users Guide – Basics Contents 1 ABOUT OUTPOST .......................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 WHAT IS OUTPOST? .............................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 WHY OUTPOST? ................................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 A TYPICAL TNC SESSION TODAY ............................................................................................................... 2 1.4 A TYPICAL OUTPOST SESSION .................................................................................................................. 3 1.5 OUTPOST FEATURES .............................................................................................................................. 4 1.6 THE OUTPOST OPERATING ENVIRONMENT .................................................................................................. 6 1.7 WHAT OUTPOST DOES NOT DO ................................................................................................................ 6 2 INSTALLATION .............................................................................................................................. 7 2.1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ......................................................................................................................... 7 2.2 HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS .................................................................................................................... 7 2.3 DOWNLOAD FROM AN INTERNET .............................................................................................................. 7 2.4 OUTPOST V3.3 INSTALLATION .................................................................................................................. 7 2.5 OPERATING SYSTEM CONSIDERATIONS ...................................................................................................... 8 3 GETTING STARTED ........................................................................................................................ 9 3.1 STATION IDENTIFICATION ........................................................................................................................ 9 3.2 THE MAIN OUTPOST FORM .................................................................................................................. 10 3.3 RESIZING THE DISPLAY .......................................................................................................................... 18 3.4 GETTING READY TO SET UP OUTPOST ...................................................................................................... 19 4 SETTING UP INTERFACES ............................................................................................................. 20 4.1 DEFINING THE INTERFACE TYPE .............................................................................................................. 20 4.2 SERIAL PORT TNC SETUP ...................................................................................................................... 22 4.3 AGWPE SETUP .................................................................................................................................. 28 4.4 TELNET SETUP .................................................................................................................................... 30 4.5 TELNET LOGIN .................................................................................................................................... 31 4.6 SELECTING A PREVIOUSLY CONFIGURED INTERFACE ..................................................................................... 31 4.7 UPDATING A PREVIOUSLY CONFIGURED INTERFACE ..................................................................................... 32 4.8 DEFINING A NEW INTERFACE .................................................................................................................. 33 5 SETTING UP A BBS ...................................................................................................................... 34 5.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................... 34 5.2 BBS SETUP MENUS ............................................................................................................................. 35 5.3 CONFIGURING FOR KA‐NODE/NETROM ACCESS ........................................................................................ 45 5.4 SELECTING A CONFIGURED BBS .............................................................................................................. 47 5.5 SETTING UP A NEW BBS ....................................................................................................................... 48 5.6 BBS REGISTRATION ............................................................................................................................. 48 5.7 BBS EXPERT USER MODE ..................................................................................................................... 49 6 SETTING UP PROFILES ................................................................................................................. 50 6.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................... 50 6.2 SETTING UP A NEW PROFILE .................................................................................................................. 51 6.3 CHANGING PROFILES ........................................................................................................................... 51 6.4 DELETING PROFILES ............................................................................................................................. 51 6.5 PROFILE LOCKING ................................................................................................................................ 51 6.6 PROFILE CONSIDERATIONS .................................................................................................................... 52 Outpost Packet Message Manager v3.3 c081 Users Guide – Basics 7 WORKING WITH MESSAGES ........................................................................................................ 53 7.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................... 53 7.2 THE EDIT MESSAGE WINDOW ............................................................................................................... 54 7.3 THE VIEWING MESSAGE WINDOW ......................................................................................................... 57 7.4 ADDRESS INFORMATION ....................................................................................................................... 59 7.5 MESSAGE AREA .................................................................................................................................. 60 7.6 CREATING A MESSAGE .......................................................................................................................... 61 7.7 CREATING AN URGENT MESSAGE ........................................................................................................... 62 7.8 REQUESTING MESSAGE RECEIPTS ........................................................................................................... 62 7.9 FORWARDING OR REPLYING TO A MESSAGE .............................................................................................. 64 7.10 FORWARD AND REPLY CONSIDERATIONS ............................................................................................. 65 7.11 SENDING A TEXT FILE ....................................................................................................................... 65 8 CUSTOMIZING MESSAGE SETTINGS ............................................................................................. 66 8.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................... 66 8.2 SETTINGS FOR NEW MESSAGES .............................................................................................................. 67 8.3 SETTINGS FOR MESSAGE NUMBERING ..................................................................................................... 68 8.4 SETTINGS FOR REPLIES AND FORWARDS ................................................................................................... 71 8.5 RECEIPTS ........................................................................................................................................... 72 8.6 SETTINGS FOR DELETING MESSAGES ....................................................................................................... 73 8.7 ADVANCED SETTINGS ........................................................................................................................... 73 9 USING THE ADDRESS BOOK ........................................................................................................ 75 9.1 INTRODUCTION 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