Comments on: Text Message Email notification with Gmail Filters

by: Easily Impressed

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:00:00 +0000

Cool trick, I was sick of having to open the Gmail app on my phone only to see the email I was waiting for had not yet been sent.

Thanks

by: Thank you

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:58:18 +0000

Thanks for posting this, I found it as the first link using google, and it WAS WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOOOOOOOOOOR!

I was looking for this —>> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Is+there+a+way+to+make+gmail+text+message+me%3F&btnG=Google+Search

Thanks!

by: adam

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:39:52 +0000

As far as I know, this would require a pay service such as http://eMail2Phone.net. This service will convert an email sent to yourMailBox@email2phone.net to voice and call you with the message. To do this through Gmail filters you could just forward it along to the email address email2phone.net gives you instead of your phone’s email address (SMS).

I know you are trying to avoid fees, but the pricing model may work better for you if you don’t expect a huge amount of these emails. The service also seems to offer a trial period so you wouldn’t have to pay while you test out the system.

Just so you know, I have never used this service. If you do opt to try it, let me know how it works out. Also, this is the only solution I know of, not necessarily the only solution.

by: Textless

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 04:05:38 +0000

Hopefully somebody will see this and be able to help me out. I have text messaging disabled for my phone since its not a service I subscribe to and I don’t want to be charged if somebody decides to text me. However, I’d like to receive some sort of notification when I receive specific e-mails (as discussed above “has the words”). Is there anyway to get notification of an e-mail (doesn’t even need any text/info, if that makes a difference) on a phone (Sprint, btw) without dealing with text messages, and thus the charges associated with it. Thanks for any help on this matter.

by: Davak

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:49:27 +0000

Thanks for the link lovin back to tech-recipes. Awesome (and funny) tutorial…

by: SMS Toolbag

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:38:07 +0000

Just to clarify a point or two, SMS does not have email. That address you are referring to is your mobile phone’s email address. As you well know, Email uses SMTP with the format “username@domain.xxx” and MT (Mobile Terminated) SMTP messages are no exception. SMS uses the SMPP protocol where an address is the phone’s MSIDIN and traffic is directed to the device based on the IMSI or IEMI numbers depending on the system. This is for both MO (Mobile Originated) and MT (Mobile Terminated) messages with 3rd parties redirecting messages between carriers (and taking a fee for each message… which explains why a 15 yr old tech that hasn’t gotten a lick better since its first introduction somehow keeps getting more expensive every year instead of cheaper). How this message is delivered to the phone depends on the device and carrier. Most translate to SMPP to deliver the message from a domain proxy to the MSIDIN not because its better than using SMTP down to the device, but because they can then charge you as if it were an SMS. They do this despite it meaning that you often can’t reply to the sender as there is no return shortcode or MSIDIN that can be associated to an email. Replies just go to a system catch all that deletes them so that they can charge you for sending the reply without having to actually deliver it. They don’t have to do this as SMTP messages sent from the phone usually use SMTP because its cheaper for the MNO (mobile network operator) as they don’t have to pay SMS aggregation fees. They cut the balls off of SMTP messaging on the phone simply because it competes with their SMPP based text messaging services which carry a premium as opposed to the free SMTP messages. Don’t forget though, this is in your best interest and there is no need for net nutrality or open networks that would allow you pick the device and configure the services to work in a way that prevents them from nickel and diming you to death for sub-optimal services.

Additionally, this is available internationally as nearly all carriers world wide support mobile SMTP, even if they do it in different ways.

by: Flemo

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 18:49:03 +0000

Sometimes Duchess, you have some usefulness. I’m still shocked that you blogged!