DE AAM6WTX NR 6
R 180430Z FEB 2010
FM BOGNER/AAM6WTX
TO ALL TX ARMY MARS
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SUBJ: SYNCHRONIZATION OF MESSAGES BETWEEN SEPARATE AIRMAIL INSTALLATIONS
1. MAINTAINING MULTIPLE AIRMAIL INSTALLATIONS (BASE STATION AND MOBILE STATION)
   YOU MAY PERIODICALLY WANT TO SYNCHRONIZE MESSAGES BETWEEN THE TWO
   INSTALLATIONS.
   
2. I LIKE TO KEEP ALL OF MY AIRMAIL MESSAGES IN ONE PLACE FOR THE SAKE OF
   REFERENCING PAST MESSAGES AS EXAMPLES FOR GENERATING NEW MESSAGES.
   
3. BESIDES THE BASIC IMPORT/EXPORT FEATURE, AIRMAIL DOESN'T HAVE A BUILT-IN
   SYNCHRONIZATION FEATURE.  THIS IMPORT/EXPORT IS CUMBERSOME AS IT REQUIRES
   MESSAGES TO BE EXPORTED AND IMPORTED ONE AT A TIME.
   
4. MASS-IMPORT OF MESSAGES CAN BE PERFORMED AS FOLLOWS
    A.) THIS PROCEDURE SHOULD BE PERFORMED WHILE AIRMAIL IS RUNNING
    
    B.) FROM HERE FORWARD, THE AIRMAIL INSTALLATION WHERE THE MESSAGES ARE
        COMING FROM WILL BE REFERRED TO AS THE "SOURCE".  THE AIRMAIL
        INSTALLATION WHERE THE MESSAGES ARE GOING TO WILL BE REFERRED TO AS THE
        "DESTINATION".
        
    C.) ON THE SOURCE AIRMAIL INSTALLATION DIRECTORY, YOU WILL HAVE AN "INBOX"
        FOLDER.  THIS INBOX FOLDER CONTAINS A .MSG FILE FOR EACH MESSAGE IN
        YOUR INBOX.  COPY (DON'T DELETE -- JUST COPY) THE DESIRED MESSAGES TO A
        TEMPORARY FOLDER OF YOUR CHOICE.  DO THE SAME FOR THE OUTBOX FOLDER ON
        THE SOURCE INSTALLATION (ASSUMING YOU ALSO WANT TO SYNCHRONIZE ANY
        MESSAGES YOU HAVE SENT AS WELL).  COPY THESE FOLDERS TO THE COMPUTER
        THAT CONTAINS YOUR DESTINATION AIRMAIL INSTALLATION.
        
    D.) YOUR DESTINATION AIRMAIL INSTALLATION DIRECTORY HAS AN "IMPORT"
        DIRECTORY.  
        - FOR EXAMPLE, ON MY COMPUTER I HAVE THE FOLLOWING DIRECTORY:  
          C:\Utilities\Airmail-MARS\import
        - WHILE AIRMAIL IS RUNNING, THIS "IMPORT" DIRECTORY IS CONSTANTLY
          MONITORED BY AIRMAIL.  AS SOON AS IT DETECTS ANY FILES PRESENT IN
          THIS DIRECTORY, THEY WILL AUTOMATICALLY (ALMOST IMMEDIATELY) BE
          IMPORTED TO YOUR AIRMAIL INBOX AND REMOVED FROM THE IMPORT DIRECTORY.
          
    E.) COPY THE INBOX .MSG FILES FROM YOUR SOURCE INSTALLATION INTO THE
        "IMPORT" DIRECTORY OF YOUR DESTINATION INSTALLATION.  IF AIRMAIL IS
        RUNNING, THESE MESSAGES SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY IMPORTED TO YOUR INBOX.
        - YOU WILL KNOW THAT THE IMPORT WAS SUCCESSFUL AND COMPLETED AS SOON AS
          YOU SEE THE NEW MESSAGES APPEAR IN YOUR AIRMAIL INBOX INSTANTLY.
          
    F.) REPEAT STEP (D) FOR THE OUTBOX .MSG FILES FROM YOUR SOURCE INSTALLATION.
        ONCE THESE ARE SUCCESSFULLY IMPORTED, SIMPLY HIGHLIGHT THE NEWLY
        IMPORTED MESSAGES IN YOUR INBOX AND MOVE THEM TO YOUR OUTBOX (THIS WILL
        NOT RESEND YOUR MESSAGES - IT SIMPLY PUTS THEM INTO THE CORRECT FOLDER,
        SINCE THESE ARE MESSAGES YOU HAVE ALREADY SENT VIA YOUR SOURCE AIRMAIL
        INSTALLATION AT SOME PREVIOUS POINT IN TIME)
        
5. ONE THING TO NOTE ABOUT THIS PROCEDURE IS THAT THE NEWLY IMPORTED MESSAGES
   WILL HAVE A DATE TIMESTAMP IN YOUR INBOX/OUTBOX FOR THE DATE AND TIME THAT
   THE MESSAGE WAS IMPORTED -- NOT THE TIME THAT THE ORIGINAL MESSAGE WAS
   RECEIVED OR SENT.  THIS SAME BEHAVIOR EXISTS IF YOU MANUALLY IMPORT THE
   MESSAGES ONE AT A TIME VIA THE EXPORT/IMPORT FEATURE (IN "FILE" MENU). IF
   YOU DESIRE TO CORRECT THIS BEHAVIOR FOLLOW THE STEPS BELOW TO SET THE
   CORRECT TIME FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL MESSAGE.
   
    A.) AIRMAIL SHOULD BE SHUT DOWN PRIOR TO PERFORMING THIS PROCEDURE,
        OTHERWISE ANY CHANGES YOU MAKE WILL BE RESET TO THEIR ORIGINAL VALUES
        WHEN AIRMAIL IS CLOSED.
        
    B.) IN YOUR DESTINATION AIRMAIL INSTALLATION DIRECTORY, GO TO THE INBOX
        DIRECTORY.  FOR EXAMPLE: C:\Utilities\Airmail-MARS\Inbox
    
    C.) CREATE A BACKUP COPY OF THE "MsgList.txt" FILE AND KEEP IT IN A SAFE
        PLACE (IN CASE YOU EXPERIENCE TROUBLE WITH THE REMAINING STEPS). OPEN
        THE ORIGINAL "MsgList.txt" FILE USING NOTEPAD OR SOME OTHER PLAIN TEXT
        EDITOR (DON'T USE WORDPAD). THIS MSGLIST.TXT FILE CONTAINS ONE LINE FOR
        EACH MESSAGE IN YOUR INBOX.
        
    D.) HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT ONE OF THESE LINES OF TEXT LOOKS LIKE FOR
        A MESSAGE I JUST IMPORTED:

        5065_AAR6JN.msg=email, inmsg;;5065_AAR6JN;AAM6TX;AAA6TX;//MARS R/TX SFD09/GENERAL MESSAGE;2010/02/18 03:51:12;928;MARS.HF.AAB6OK;;3
    
    E.) NOTE THAT AFTER THE SUBJECT LINE OF THE MESSAGE, THERE IS A DATE AND
        TIMESTAMP
        
        2010/02/18 03:51:12
        
        I ORIGINALLY RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE ON 25 APRIL 2009 AT 12:20 ZULU
        I CAN SEE THE TIME I ORIGINALLY RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE BY OPENING UP
        THE MESSAGE IN AIRMAIL.
        
    F.) EDIT THE DATE AND TIMESTAMP IN THE MSGLIST.TXT FOR EACH MESSAGE TO
        MATCH THE ZULU TIME THE MESSAGE WAS RECEIVED.
        
    G.) NEXT TIME YOU OPEN AIRMAIL, THE MESSAGES WILL APPEAR IN THE CORRECT
        SORTED ORDER BY DATE.
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Training Prepared By: Matthew Bogner - AAM6WTX/AAR6EC