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Stingo
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21/04/2008 13:18
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Mailasail
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I am thinking of opening an account with MAILASAIL so that I can get email access and weather gribs while at sea. I have a satellite phone with a data kit.
I was using sailmail with a pactor modem, but thought it unreliable.
What are your experiences please?
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Re: Mailasail
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Works very well. Used it a few years ago on the ARC and it was very reliable with my old Motorola 9500 + Data Kit + Iridium. Used it for email and GRIBs.
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Re: Mailasail
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Got the set up. Works OK but a bit cumbersome in that you get the weather from the NOAA site. You have to send the request in the correct format otherwise you get nothing.
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tcm
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21/04/2008 16:51
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Re: Mailasail
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yes, defintely a failing that it needs ther right format. I tried saying oi! Computer! - gimmee the forecast! and as you say, it didn't work at all.
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Stingo
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21/04/2008 16:54
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Re: Mailasail
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pssst, wanna sell me your data kit?
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Re: Mailasail
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I have a method I set up to get GRIBs and weather without going through the web pages or using email. Uses httpget and other stuff like that for you techies to get grib files direct from http://www.globalmarinenet.net/grib.htm and fax images from NOAA. Much more efficient than emails. You are all welcome to the batch files and executables if you like.
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Stingo
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21/04/2008 17:15
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Re: Mailasail
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Would appreciate that Mike. Thanks. Will PM my email address.
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Re: Mailasail
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Quote:
Would appreciate that Mike. Thanks. Will PM my email address.
Ditto
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Re: Mailasail
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Done. Let me know if they don't arrive.
Cheers
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Re: Mailasail
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We have the mailasail iridium set-up and data set, works well for wx at sea. It can be slow so you need to watch your airtime.
I used it to download grib/us data no problem when crossing Biscay last year.
I'd recomend it as it does just what it says on the box.
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Foxy
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22/04/2008 10:35
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Re: Mailasail
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Tried it and seemed to work well. That said, we have had no problems with sail mail either. However we've mainly just used it in the med, atlantic and carib so far but used it to update out blog daily and get the weather. Ask me next year!
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