Iridium go weather.

[Allan]

Surely you can just use any standard email service and set up an account used only for the purpose? If there was anything special about theirs it would only be the timeout, which can be adjusted if you run your own server.

I'm sure you are correct, unfortunately I've no idea how to do most of what you describe. Would I be correct in thinking you mean something like Outlook? I think that would mean connecting to the internet, sending a message, waiting for a reply then closing the connection. Is that something near correct or can it be done another way? Edit: my preference would be to do the whole process on an Android tablet.
Allan

 

[Laser310]

Surely you can just use any standard email service and set up an account used only for the purpose? If there was anything special about theirs it would only be the timeout, which can be adjusted if you run your own server.

in principle; yes.., but in practice; not easily...

The Go operates 2.4kb/sec - with a good signal.

Standard email servers and email clients are not designed to deal with such slow speeds.

It was the same before the Go, with the Iridium handset.

A variety of companies offered low-bandwitdh email services.

X-Gate, Ocens, and a few others offered this. They have much less overhead; simpler handshake etc. They also restart interupted downloads where they were interrupted.

The issue with the Go as opposed to the handset, is (if i remember correctly) that the service needs to be installed as an app on the Go - it needs to be an iridum approved app.

I think Ocens still offers email for the Go, with an approved app called onemail - not sure about X-Gate.

With the handset, you could, if you wanted, just have an open internet connection, and check email with any email client - it wouldn't work very well, but you could try it.

I am not sure - it's been years (basically since starlink) since I used these devices and I am no longer as familiar with them as I was - but I don't think that is possible with the GO - everything is done through an app.

 

[lustyd]

Ah that sums it up nicely. In that case a longer timeout would work, but only with the handset and open connection.