OK, here are the two mails (it happened on two consecutive tries): Grib extracted from file gfs120218-00z.grb dated 2012/02/18 04:51:54 request code: gfs:17N,7N,56W,66W Refer to notice & warnings sent 2012/01/26 03:30:34, for another copy send = a (blank) email to: GribWarning@xxxxxxxxxxxx =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D service for the bandwidth-impaired. a membership-owned email service for cruising sailors which provides access through a marine-band radio network of 21 stations world-wide, plus internet and satellite gateways. For more information on SailMail see the web page at www.sailmail.com info@xxxxxxxxxxxx, this will return the how-to document (about 5K). Content-type: application/octet-stream; name="gfs20120218093001160.grb" Content-transfer-encoding: base64 R1JJQgAAgAEAABwCB2D/gCFpAAoMAhIAAAEAGAoAAAAVAAACAAAgAP8AAAYABgAbWIEB0IAAQmiA 2sAH0AfQQAAAAAAAADgAAADDMtAACqE2mYrFPgx4iHuRRGQU/jQAALiJKVBx5IwgivL45zTK4ViF MU6i3R0zDcNBCjc3NzdHUklCAACAAQAAHAIHYP+AIWkACgwCEgAAAQAwCgAAABUAAAIAACAA/wAA BgAGABtYgQHQgABCaIDawAfQB9BAAAAAAAAAOAAAAMM1YAAKpfdMsqhpm1nqDJkQhMVdNQAB/QtE DnEAhjGQ0+jBDobymPw4C7L0zCfNFFi7Nzc3N0dSSUIAAIABAAAcAgdg/4AhaQAKDAISAAABAEgK AAAAFQAAAgAAIAD/AAAGAAYAG1iBAdCAAEJogNrAB9AH0EAAAAAAAAA4AAAAwzdAAAq1N1xu7l9J qh4Gm9XRdABZR7HxPiVC4/kaRpED5LBF0FSNM0TMJZGERhXV4T03Nzc3R1JJQgAAgAEAABwCB2D/ gCJpAAoMAhIAAAEAGAoAAAAVAAACAAAgAP8AAAYABgAbWIEB0IAAQmiA2sAH0AfQQAAAAAAAADgA AADDJYAACoTfR8WuEUUijP16AxDwSzkU5A0CPItl+YFkDUKgZmhT1LzbD0D2tVBOz6GYADc3NzdH UklCAACAAQAAHAIHYP+AImkACgwCEgAAAQAwCgAAABUAAAIAACAA/wAABgAGABtYgQHQgABCaIDa wAfQB9BAAAAAAAAAOAAAAMMe8AAKflTZhUEZAAL5Bl1Ls2iKMYxyzRE9lFYtIEMIlEV4ZlY0SHsi FKkpvl6U4vTZNzc3N0dSSUIAAIABAAAcAgdg/4AiaQAKDAISAAABAEgKAAAAFQAAAgAAIAD/AAAG AAYAG1iBAdCAAEJogNrAB9AH0EAAAAAAAAA4AAAAwyIQAAp3VjoBmT3AAfVfYgQyKLYPDALY1jBQ s+lRcJjlRT1GULUZtGQb17mETV+Yzgw3Nzc3R1JJQgAAdAEAABwCB2D/gAJmAAAMAhIAAAEAGAoA AAAVAAAAAAAgAP8AAAYABgAbWIEB0IAAQmiA2sAH0AfQQAAAAAAAACwMAANFGKLQBw40ufLmgAow dOpEaZOnWK1CpYvZMXDx/AgwI8uZOnzQADc3NzdHUklCAAB0AQAAHAIHYP+AAmYAAAwCEgAAAQAw CgAAABUAAAAAACAA/wAABgAGABtYgQHQgABCaIDawAfQB9BAAAAAAAAALAwAA0UYpM0HEjix82bA BiJpClQIk6ZYuTq2C9i0dPoEGA/kTJs+dMAANzc3N0dSSUIAAHQBAAAcAgdg/4ACZgAADAISAAAB AEgKAAAAFQAAAAAAIAD/AAAGAAYAG1iBAdCAAEJogNrAB9AH0EAAAAAAAAAsDAADRRipbQcIGKHy hAAFJmjJxKlUqVSpSsXsmzd08eQYkaPIkzqNMAA3Nzc3 and the secon mail: Grib extracted from file gfs120218-06z.grb dated 2012/02/18 11:56:12 request code: gfs:17N,7N,56W,66W Refer to notice & warnings sent 2012/01/26 03:30:34, for another copy send = a (blank) email to: GribWarning@xxxxxxxxxxxx =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D service for the bandwidth-impaired. a membership-owned email service for cruising sailors which provides access through a marine-band radio network of 21 stations world-wide, plus internet and satellite gateways. For more information on SailMail see the web page at www.sailmail.com info@xxxxxxxxxxxx, this will return the how-to document (about 5K). Content-type: application/octet-stream; name="gfs20120218123901469.grb" Content-transfer-encoding: base64 R1JJQgAAgAEAABwCB2D/gCFpAAoMAhIGAAEAGAoAAAAVAAACAAAgAP8AAAYABgAbWIEB0IAAQmiA 2sAH0AfQQAAAAAAAADgAAADDNiAACr6u+x8PVtH6MUe/zMQBDTjAAgi1NE5SSKEgxsGoujEM0Qg8 FMwk5O4bxsIQkzc3NzdHUklCAACAAQAAHAIHYP+AIWkACgwCEgYAAQAwCgAAABUAAAIAACAA/wAA BgAGABtYgQHQgABCaIDawAfQB9BAAAAAAAAAOAAAAMM0UAAKuu+q2v5uk3qJjLEM5AU3IYACwKwf B8CwaynIofByBIOi7HQgRUHYbh9McjSJNzc3N0dSSUIAAIABAAAcAgdg/4AhaQAKDAISBgABAEgK AAAAFQAAAgAAIAD/AAAGAAYAG1iBAdCAAEJogNrAB9AH0EAAAAAAAAA4AAAAwzQwAAq/7utfL0nD +kVXuk5RjAA5wiL81BQCAbDGHkjSOGYcCwJ4liUMJJUCQs7DSOI3Nzc3R1JJQgAAgAEAABwCB2D/ gCJpAAoMAhIGAAEAGAoAAAAVAAACAAAgAP8AAAYABgAbWIEB0IAAQmiA2sAH0AfQQAAAAAAAADgA AADDISAACqpXFrHKD0ITvOtiwfAADz4ZYzybDkCE+R8uiJC4P1bbxIypHgIVQWNVzjKQkjc3NzdH UklCAACAAQAAHAIHYP+AImkACgwCEgYAAQAwCgAAABUAAAIAACAA/wAABgAGABtYgQHQgABCaIDa wAfQB9BAAAAAAAAAOAAAAMMg8AAKstiX6fEexzRtB2/NcoAATNcUiR1Jj1PgnhXQxWmGXdNDmKUt FteNkmHSdElXNzc3N0dSSUIAAIABAAAcAgdg/4AiaQAKDAISBgABAEgKAAAAFQAAAgAAIAD/AAAG AAYAG1iBAdCAAEJogNrAB9AH0EAAAAAAAAA4AAAAwyLQAAq7mWiV1liQNS1HcUABeKBrX9V49SvM VlFtYRT0pP40T5VloHUgo3DQXhdGNbs3Nzc3R1JJQgAAbgEAABwCB2D/gAJmAAAMAhIGAAEAGAoA AAAVAAAAAAAgAP8AAAYABgAbWIEB0IAAQmiA2sAH0AfQQAAAAAAAACYAAANFGK52BjlFlRQCC0ji jGWGElVFl2WWl5ZJZpYrr78L7zc3NzdHUklCAABuAQAAHAIHYP+AAmYAAAwCEgYAAQAwCgAAABUA AAAAACAA/wAABgAGABtYgQHQgABCaIDawAfQB9BAAAAAAAAAJgAAA0UYqXUGSagdJALQWSOLabcX aWcehfhgtvvutt35688+Nzc3N0dSSUIAAHQBAAAcAgdg/4ACZgAADAISBgABAEgKAAAAFQAAAAAA IAD/AAAGAAYAG1iBAdCAAEJogNrAB9AH0EAAAAAAAAAsDAADRRip7QdAhRGggAuXNEBIxGgOlzBV CiSIkaBmxYsmLCA9dO3j0AA3Nzc3 BTW- the info text of the sailmail docs allways get transmitted- can't you snip them, It would reduce the size of the gribmails about one third. Thanks very much, Christian