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A friend of ours uses Pocketmail. Looks pretty good for short e-mail messages.
Check Pocketmail.com.
Cheers, Paul
wrote:
> In a message dated 8/13/99 1:41:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> writes:
>
> << Norm, what do you use for access while cruising?
> >>
>
> For doing email, Jan and I use her 10 cent a minute, Bell South Mobility, 600
> minute $90/mo, Nokia 5160 cell phone with, data cord DAR-3 plugged into a
> NOK-3 cord, plugged into a 3-Com Megahertz modem model 3CXM556, plugged into
> a Winbook XLi laptop. We would like an external antenna, but for now we use
> it on deck.
>
> Its a creaky system and it works poorly, but it works if one is persistant
> enough. It takes many tries to get connected to AOL via their 800 number.
> If we try to use the local numbers, it usually is worse. Yesterday it took
> over two hours of re-trying and countless phone dialings to finally download
> the liveaboard list traffic and the handful of other incoming messages. Once
> connected it often takes 5 to 10 minutes to transfer the traffic. Internet
> is out of the question. I have often considered the wireless modem like Jim
> Swindel uses but the coverage is spotty, useable mostly around urban areas.
>
> It sucks, but it can work if you keep trying.
>
> Norm
> S/V Bandersnatch
> Anchored Norfolk VA
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