[AccessD] Outlook To Text Message (slightly OT)

Hi Mark
Thanks for the reply. So is SPRINT your mobile phone service provider? Just
like Vodaphone and the rest? And is this therefore something SPRINT do that
others don't? Sorry, it's asking a lot for you to be able to answer that
last one! Just that this would be perfect if it was available whichever
phone company the employee was using.

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Andy Lacey
http://www.minstersystems.co.uk



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Subject: RE: [AccessD] Outlook To Text Message (slightly OT)
Date: 03/05/05 13:50

>
> Andy,
>
> I do something similar at work using my SPRINT phone number.  The text
> messages and emails are sent using an email address format...I had to hunt
> through my phone providers helpdesk to get the format...but I use:
>
> 3362535270 at messaging.sprintpcs.com to send short text messages directly to
> my phone...and...
>
> markamatte at sprintpcs.com to send (longer) emails to a sprint email account
> that pages my phone.
>
> Both Can be generated the same way as any email ...the automated system
uses
> them as an email address and doesn't have to do anything special to know
> it's a phone.
>
> Hope it helps.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark A. Matte
>
> >From: "Andy Lacey" <andy at minstersystems.co.uk>
> >Reply-To: Access Developers discussion and problem
> >solving<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> >To: "Access Developers discussion and problem
> >solving"<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> >Subject: [AccessD] Outlook To Text Message (slightly OT)
> >Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 11:51:49 +0100
> >
> >Slightly OT but I reckon of general interest.
> >
> >My app here generates lots of emails, interfacing with
Outlook/Exchange. We
> >also have other equipment generating emails (eg UPS, plant machinery).
What
> >I want to do now is trigger receipt of certain emails to generate text
> >messages to mobiles. There seem to be lots of Outlook add-ins which
sort of
> >do what I want but I can't see one immediately that's an exact fit.
Ideally
> >we'd like it be Outlook-rule-based, so we can use Outlook's rules to
say,
> >for example, any email from that source with that in the subject send
it on
> >to xyz, where xyz would be an entry in the Address Book with a mobile
> >number, and have some software which recognises that that has to go as
a
> >text message and sends it appropriately. So an add-in which allows you
just
> >to type a text message, address it and send it is no use because in
the
> >situations we want to use this it must be automated.
> >
> >Anyone any experience/recommendations?
> >
> >--
> >Andy Lacey
> >http://www.minstersystems.co.uk
> >
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