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To send email messages from an Iridium 9505 portable handset or a Blue Sky Network C1000A phone you will need to have the correct software installed. To check your phone for software version enter "* # 9 1 #". The screen will display the software version.

The version on the 9505 has to be LAC0307 or higher.

The version on the C1000A has to be SAC0307 or higher.

C1000 phones and 9500 portable phones do not offer this option.

Please contact our office if your phone needs a software upgrade.

Send a message from a 9505/9505A phone to an email account

Setup the phone:
  1. Press the envelope button to go directly to the messages menu.
  2. Press the down arrow to scroll to "Message Settings", and then press "OK".
  3. Press the down arrow to scroll to "Service Centre", and then press "OK".
  4. Enter the service centre number as 00881662900005, and then press "OK".
Send a Message:
  1. Press the Envelope Key on the 9505 handset.
  2. Use the Scroll Key to select the "Message Editor". Press the OK Key.
  3. Enter the destination email address, e.g. support@blueskynetwork.com; to get the "@" symbol, press the "1" key seven times.
  4. Enter a blank space by pressing the # twice or down arrow on the Scroll Key twice.
  5. Enter body of the message. Press the OK Key.
  6. Select "Send Message" by pressing the OK Key.
  7. When the 9505 handset asks for the destination Number, enter one of the following: +*2, or 00*2 for sending messages to an email account, or the Iridium telephone number for sending messages to other Iridium service subscribers.
  8. The 9505 handset will display "Sending Message" for a few seconds and then display "Message Sent" if the message was successfully delivered to the Iridium SMS center.
Send a message to an Iridium subscriber from an email account
  1. Enter the Iridium subscriber's email address in the "To:" field of the email client. The email address of an Iridium subscriber is the Iridium phone number followed by "@msg.iridium.com". For example, if the Iridium phone number is 8816 123 45678, then the corresponding email address is 881612345678@msg.iridium.com.
  2. Type the message and then send it. Text in the "subject" line is not sent to the Iridium subscriber and the message will be truncated to 160 characters.