For Email originating from an Internet source, the
ship is notified that:
- A message is waiting at the Satlink Gateway
- The message size
- Who has sent it
- The message subject
There is a notification fee (see schedule of rates) for this information.
From the ship you can then decide whether you wish to receive the
message, and if so, the Email is sent to the ship by the Gateway.
The benefit is that you can filter out unwanted Email by not downloading
it, and signifies that you wish to be charged for the Email that
you do download.
Corporations can register their "sender´s
address" with Satlink Email Pty Ltd, in which case, Email originating
from the "sender´s address" will be forwarded directly
to the ship, and billed to the corporation.
A fail-safe has been placed into the system, such
that each user operates within a credit limit. This helps to avoid
accidentally sending large files. And if they are sent, then the
amount of liability is restricted. Thus the SatLink Gateway maintains
a credit limit resident on each ShipSide system and which maintains
a running account of Email costs.