Using Airmail’s Mail Client window
When internet access is available, you can use Airmail’s “Mail Client” window to connect to Sailmail to retrieve and send messages over a standard POP3/SMTP email connection. This is not useful for...
View ArticleGetting Position-Report data from OpenCPN
Position-report data for Sailmail can be obtained from OpenCPN, either from OpenCPN running on the same computer or via a wired or WiFi network. This is done by creating a new network connection, using...
View ArticleGetting Position-Report Data From Expedition
Position-report data for Sailmail can be obtained from Expedition, a popular program for ocean racing and cruising. Expedition can be running on the same computer, or connected via a wired or WiFi...
View ArticleGetting Position-Report Data From Coastal Explorer
Position-report data for Sailmail can be shared from Coastal Explorer, a popular charting program from Rose Point Navigation. Coastal Explorer and our Airmail software can be running on the same...
View ArticleIridium 9555 and 9575/Extreme and Win-10 Drivers
An Iridium 9555 or 9575/Extreme handset connects to the computer via a USB cable, and will need USB drivers to function properly. Iridium offers a driver-installer program, but with a spring 2021...
View ArticlePac Cup 2022 Special!
SailMail is a terrific option for Iridium GO, handsets, or other satellite systems. Low-speed internet is still low speed, with most of the same issues that we addressed 24 years ago with the launch of...
View ArticleIridium GO! Troubleshooting
Using the Iridium GO! with Sailmail is normally straightforward: Connect the computer WiFi to the GO! Open Airmail’s internet-access window Check the box near the bottom that says “First connect to...
View ArticleDisabling Windows NCSI
Windows “NCSI” is “Network Connectivity Status Indicator”, which monitors network internet connectivity by actively probing the connected networks for internet access. This is a part of Windows...
View ArticleTimeZero Weather via Sailmail
Nobeltec’s TimeZero Navigator (TZ-Nav) software can retrieve weather data from the TimeZero server (directly via internet or via email including Sailmail), and display grib weather data from any...
View ArticleSailMail via Iridium GO! exec
The Iridium “GO! exec” is Iridium’s Certus-100 terminal, a completely different device than the Iridium “GO!”. The original GO! is quite slow (2400 baud), but has an available unlimited data plan which...
View ArticleUSB Drivers for SCS Pactor Modems
Modems connected to the computer via a USB connection will require software drivers. For the SCS PTC-IIusb, PTC-IIIusb, DR-7400 and DR-7800 Pactor modems, a USB (type-B) connection is provided and the...
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