[AccessD] Outlook To Text Message (slightly OT)

Andy,

Yes, SPRINT is my mobile provider.  The way I found my 'phone address' was 
sending a text message from my phone to an email address...when I checked my 
email...I saw the address "3362535270 at messaging.sprintpcs.com" which is my 
phone number.  So I replied to it...and a text message showed on my 
phone...of course there is the limit of length...but it serves its purpose.  
I'm not sure if it works with all Providers/text phones.  I just sent you an 
email to your account( not the list) from my phone...you can reply...but I 
think the limit is 150 char...subject included.

Hope this helps...let me know if you have any other questions.

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: RE: [AccessD] Outlook To Text Message (slightly OT)
>Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 15:15:26 +0100
>
>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.
>
>--
>Andy Lacey
>http://www.minstersystems.co.uk
>
>
>
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>From: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
><accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
>To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
>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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