StratosMail User Guide

SHORE-TO-SHIP:

The message-addressing format for sending to a vessel through StratosMail has two components:

1. The Inmarsat mobile (telex) number, and
2. The Stratos Internet address domain @mail.stratosmobile.net

For example:

1) An Inmarsat-C Mobile Number is addressed as: 423456789@mail.stratosmobile.net
2) An alias is addresses as: piraeus@mail.stratosmobile.net

WARNING: This service is intended for plain text messaging only. Do not send e-cards, pictures, word processor documents or spreadsheets. These are large files that can be very costly and cannot be interpreted by the satellite unit onboard the vessel.

SHIP-TO-SHORE:

Addressing a Message from an Inmarsat-C Terminal

To send Internet e-mail from your Inmarsat-C transceiver:

1. Select "Special" or "Special Access Code" as the delivery network (instead of choosing Fax, Telex, PSTN, X.25, X.400, etc.).
2. Enter a "Special" Access Code of 63 for the Stratos Service.
3. Choose 7 bit, 8 bit, binary or data for ALL Ocean Regions (choice depends on terminal manufacture software options, but either selection is OK).
4. If using a Trimble Galaxy or Galaxy Sentinel version 4.0 or higher, choose the "Compressed Text" option, for added savings through Stratos. (Stratos is the only Inmarsat-C service provider that accommodates the Trimble Galaxy compression feature for Internet e-mail delivery).
5. Choose the Stratos LES for the Ocean Region that the vessel is logged into, from the table below:

Note: The first digit of the LES code always corresponds to the Ocean Region.

6. Enter the Internet e-mail address on the FIRST LINE of your message text as shown below:
INET: username@domain.com
For Example:
INET: sales@stratos.ca

7. Begin typing your message on the VERY NEXT LINE of the message
Note that in place of INET: you can also use TO+
For example:
TO+ support@stratos.ca