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=== Enabling a Tactical Address === | === Enabling a Tactical Address === | ||
When you are ready to receive messages sent to the tactical address or send messages using the address as the From instead of your FCC callsign, return to the Winlink Express Setup dialog to select the tactical address, select “Edit Entry” and check “Enabled”; then select “Save” and then "Update". | When you are ready to receive messages sent to the tactical address or send messages using the address as the From instead of your FCC callsign, return to the Winlink Express Setup dialog to select the tactical address, select “Edit Entry” and check “Enabled”; then select “Save” and then "Update". | ||
To receive email addressed to your tactical address, open and start a Winlink session as you usually would. Any email addressed to your FCC call sign or your enabled logical address will be placed in your Inbox. | To receive email addressed to your tactical address, open and start a Winlink session as you usually would. Any email addressed to your FCC call sign or your enabled logical address will be placed in your Inbox. | ||
Disabling a Tactical Address | |||
=== Disabling a Tactical Address === | |||
If you no longer want to receive emails from a tactical address, use the Winlink Express Setup dialog to select the tactical address, select “Edit Entry” and uncheck “Enabled”; then select “Save” and then “Update". A key example is when you have been serving as a subnet controller (SNC) for a NET simplex region and the exercise is over or your shift is ending, you should disable the corresponding tactical address. This will prevent your copy of Winlink Express from accidentally receiving messages addressed to that address and preventing the next person serving as the SNC for your region from doing so. | If you no longer want to receive emails from a tactical address, use the Winlink Express Setup dialog to select the tactical address, select “Edit Entry” and uncheck “Enabled”; then select “Save” and then “Update". A key example is when you have been serving as a subnet controller (SNC) for a NET simplex region and the exercise is over or your shift is ending, you should disable the corresponding tactical address. This will prevent your copy of Winlink Express from accidentally receiving messages addressed to that address and preventing the next person serving as the SNC for your region from doing so. | ||