About this page
This and the associated MailASail pages are straight copies of information provided by MailASail which provides a range of quick and easy ways to get charts, texts and GRIB files.
MailASail Responder service
This is a free, simple system to offer popular weather forecasts and charts by email. It aims to provide a deliberately limited subset of all the weather available, and only to provide the most useful forecasts in an easy to access format. If you would like to see additional charts or forecasts added then please email: support@mailasail.com
For details send a blank email with a BLANK subject line to weather@mailasail.com. (Remember that some email programs insert "No subject". This has to be deleted
Usage
Send a blank message with the data filename as the ONLY word in the SUBJECT line to: weather@mailasail.com
The datafile will be sent back immediately
NOTE: Filenames are CaSe SeNsItIvE
In most email programs clicking on the links in the text below will create a new email with the correct subject line
Help Document Index
This is file is the master index of other help documents that you can request from this mail server. Previously we had all the instructions in a single message but it was becoming unwieldy for some users to download over limited connections such as SailMail. Therefore we have sliced the documentation into a number of sub-documents which you can easily request using the links below.
Note: In general you probably want to retrieve all three of the following help files
Index Filename |
Description |
GRIB Files. This document describes how to automatically request binary GRIB data. NOTE: You will need a viewer program in order to do something useful with this data. Please see: http://www.mailasail.com/Support/Weather | |
Textual weather reports. This document describes how to automatically request a variety of weather forecasts and reports that are available in text format (ie no pictures). Text format weather files will download much faster than graphical forecasts over slower internet connections | |
Graphical weather reports. This document describes how to automatically request a variety of weather forecasts and reports that are available in graphical format (ie they are pictures). Beware that on slower internet connections it may take several minutes to download each picture, so don't order too many at one time |
DISCLAIMER:
By requesting a document from weather@mailasail.com, you are acknowledging that you have read and agree to the following terms and conditions: This weather service is an automated service which is offered without charge on an as-is basis, without any warranty or assurances that it will work, be useful, or that the information delivered will be correct. weather@mailasail.com is an automated computer system which is subject to a variety of hardware problems and software errors, and also depends on internet communications with other computers which themselves may or may not work. MailASail has no control over the content of the information from other sources, and in particular, weather forecasts may be missing, incorrect or out of date. \\ \\ You should check the dates of all forecasts carefully. \\ \\ The Internet is not part of the National Weather Service's operational data stream and should never be relied upon as a means to obtain the latest forecast and warning data. Please read their disclaimer (http://www.nws.noaa.gov/disclaimer.html)
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The MailASail weather page is at http://www.mailasail.com/Main/Weather
Their email service page is at http://www.mailasail.com/Main/EmailCompression
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