100 Winlink 2000 -- General
Q680 I notice that messages sent from Paclink MP have modified my Subject, prefaced by //WL2K. Why?
The reason Paclink MP automatically puts //WL2K on the subject line is to implement one of our "good use tips", that is, to also use it on your outgoing messages, so that persons who click their 'reply' buttons and have an email setup that replies from a different email address than they receive on will have a good chance of having //WL2K in the subject line of their reply. Persons in these situations would otherwise have the reply mail rejected. This also goes for folks with ISPs who use some nonstandard message headers. You would be surprised how often this occurs.
No--you don't need //WL2K on outgoing messages. New addresses not already on your Whitelist are automatically added to it. But if you have internet recipients in the above categories, you sure will want it.
Q720 I just sent a message from my Blackberry to a W2K User. It was rejected by the CMS….”not on the Whitelist”. Why?
A720 The CMS may be seeing the message coming not from your email address, but from “----blackberry.com”. You need to Setup your real email account on the Blackberry and delete the blackberry.com account.
Go to www.blackberry.com and search for your email support from your provider. You can also delete a signature line there.
Q720 I just sent a message from my Blackberry to a W2K User. It was rejected by the CMS….”not on the Whitelist”. The User has
A720 The CMS may be seeing the message coming not from your email address, but from “----blackberry.com”. You need to Setup your real email account on the Blackberry and delete the blackberry.com account.
Go to www.blackberry.com and search for your email support from your provider. You can also delete a signature line there.
Q108 Which FCC amateur license (Technician, General, or Extra) must I have to use Winlink email on my boat?
A108 The license class only limits the frequencies on which you can transmit, not whether you can use Winlink email. You can hold a Technician license, be limited to VHF and above frequencies and use WL2K. But you would be limited to 50-100 mile distances. For most work at sea, with practical 100-7,000 mile ranges, you will need a General or Amateur Extra class amateur radio license (in the USA), which provide privileges on the radio bands that support distant communications.
Q675 How do I view or change the address or domain entries in my Whitelist or my Blacklist?
A675 New e-mail addresses are automatically added to your Whitelist when the CMS receives the message from you, independent of which user program you are using. The list can also be changed by:
A) If you are connected to the Winlink 2000 web page:
1) WebMail….User Settings
2) Add or Delete specific addresses and/or domains to either the Whitelist or the Blacklist.
3) Hit the Save button
B) Create a new message [the following is an example] to the CMS with the following format (not case sensitive):
Q955 This new RMS architecture worrys me. Without a database like a PMBO, how can messages get through with a 'net failure?
A955 First please try and remember we have been doing this WL2K project about 9 years so we have a pretty good idea of what works and what doesn’t. RMS is not an experiment; it is the natural evolution of what we have learned and optimized over the past 9 years. The RMS concept grew out our experience with PMBOs, central servers and from the successful Telpac effort for packet--hundreds of which have been installed and operated for over 7 years.
