RE: Email texting to ATT cell phones
Thanks Michael. I'll look into that. -Joe From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 4:35 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Email texting to ATT cell phones If it was mission critical, an SMS gateway. SMTP is great, but we know it has its flaws. I swear I think Verizon and ATT do things to disrupt misuse of thier services. I had a plethora of horrible experiences in the Boston area with an email-to-SMS system. Direct SMS and paging services are more reliable in my experience. -- ME2 On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.commailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: What would you use? On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 10:56, Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.commailto:michealespin...@gmail.com wrote: I have found email-to-sms to be infrequently, yet sporadically unreliable across all carriers. I would not rely on it for anything critical. -- ME2 On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 9:11 AM, Louis, Joe jlo...@guardianalarm.commailto:jlo...@guardianalarm.com wrote: Anyone having problems sending an email to an ATT cell phone as an SMS (via email address xxx-xxx-x...@text.att.netmailto:xxx-xxx-x...@text.att.net)? All of a sudden, our messages are not reaching our cell phones. This just affects our ATT phones. Some customer service person at ATT told our people that they are transitioning people away from email messages to cell phones as text. We pay for an SMS package. I'm clueless as to why they would care about the source when we pay for the SMS volume. Anyone else experiencing this? How are you generating SMS messages to non-mobile-email-enable devices? We've always preached that SMS is not a guaranteed service/delivery so time sensitive needs shouldn't be pushed there, but we're going to have to come up with another deployment if ATT sticks to their guns. -Joe Louis
RE: Email texting to ATT cell phones
There is a widespread ATT outage in the Kentucky area with over 150 sites down. There is also a large Windstream outage in Georgia and Kentucky. I don't know if they are related. However, both are causing me a great deal of headache today. -- BF From: Louis, Joe [mailto:jlo...@guardianalarm.com] Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 12:11 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Email texting to ATT cell phones Anyone having problems sending an email to an ATT cell phone as an SMS (via email address xxx-xxx-x...@text.att.netmailto:xxx-xxx-x...@text.att.net)? All of a sudden, our messages are not reaching our cell phones. This just affects our ATT phones. Some customer service person at ATT told our people that they are transitioning people away from email messages to cell phones as text. We pay for an SMS package. I'm clueless as to why they would care about the source when we pay for the SMS volume. Anyone else experiencing this? How are you generating SMS messages to non-mobile-email-enable devices? We've always preached that SMS is not a guaranteed service/delivery so time sensitive needs shouldn't be pushed there, but we're going to have to come up with another deployment if ATT sticks to their guns. -Joe Louis
RE: Email texting to ATT cell phones
Thanks Doug. Ya, I just included the dashes for formatting in the message to the list. We don't use them when sending. We also use txt.att.net instead of what I typed. I've been checking all the usual places for outage notices and can't find anything. About a year ago, ATT was trying to fix their congestion problems and moved the email addresses when tons of people went out and got iPhones. Google just pointed me to an FAQ on their page: http://www.wireless.att.com/learn/messaging-internet/messaging/faq.jsp#email Q. Can I send and receive email messages using my wireless phone? A. All wireless phones are set up to send and receive email messages by using the following address: yournum...@txt.att.net. You can exchange short emails with any email address worldwide. I'm thinking (hoping) that there is an outage/delay that just hasn't been realized yet. From: Doug Rooney [mailto:d...@sonomatilemakers.com] Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 12:30 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Email texting to ATT cell phones I tried sending to my phone (Palm Trio 650) using the format you showed below, and this is what got. I replaced my number with XXXs I did try again leaving out the - between the numbers, No bounce, but nothing on my phone either. This is the mail delivery agent at messagelabs.com. I was not able to deliver your message to the following addresses. 707-xxx-x...@text.att.netmailto:707-xxx-x...@text.att.net: 209.183.32.63 failed after I sent the message. Remote host said: 550 Invalid recipient: 707-xxx-x...@cingularme.commailto:707-xxx-x...@cingularme.com --- Below this line is a copy of the message. Return-Path: d...@sonomatilemakers.commailto:d...@sonomatilemakers.com X-VirusChecked: Checked X-Env-Sender: d...@sonomatilemakers.commailto:d...@sonomatilemakers.com X-Msg-Ref: server-13.tower-144.messagelabs.com!1281630114!38480179!1 X-StarScan-Version: 6.2.4; banners=-,-,- X-Originating-IP: [64.168.138.228] Received: (qmail 4753 invoked from network); 12 Aug 2010 16:21:55 - Received: from adsl-64-168-138-228.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net (HELO webmail.sonomatilemakers.com) (64.168.138.228) by server-13.tower-144.messagelabs.com with SMTP; 12 Aug 2010 16:21:55 - Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary=_=_NextPart_001_01CB3A3A.8FB0682D; type=multipart/alternative Subject: FW: Email texting to ATT cell phones Disposition-Notification-To: Doug Rooney d...@sonomatilemakers.commailto:d...@sonomatilemakers.com X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 09:22:28 -0700 Message-ID: cd4eebf2c7013140afd143cfce1f8019021fe...@stm.sonomatile.localmailto:cd4eebf2c7013140afd143cfce1f8019021fe...@stm.sonomatile.local Thank You [cid:image001.jpg@01CB3A1B.F45FD400] From: Louis, Joe [mailto:jlo...@guardianalarm.com] Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 9:11 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Email texting to ATT cell phones Anyone having problems sending an email to an ATT cell phone as an SMS (via email address xxx-xxx-x...@text.att.netmailto:xxx-xxx-x...@text.att.net)? All of a sudden, our messages are not reaching our cell phones. This just affects our ATT phones. Some customer service person at ATT told our people that they are transitioning people away from email messages to cell phones as text. We pay for an SMS package. I'm clueless as to why they would care about the source when we pay for the SMS volume. Anyone else experiencing this? How are you generating SMS messages to non-mobile-email-enable devices? We've always preached that SMS is not a guaranteed service/delivery so time sensitive needs shouldn't be pushed there, but we're going to have to come up with another deployment if ATT sticks to their guns. -Joe Louis inline: image001.jpg
Re: Email texting to ATT cell phones
I have found email-to-sms to be infrequently, yet sporadically unreliable across all carriers. I would not rely on it for anything critical. -- ME2 On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 9:11 AM, Louis, Joe jlo...@guardianalarm.comwrote: Anyone having problems sending an email to an ATT cell phone as an SMS (via email address xxx-xxx-x...@text.att.net)? All of a sudden, our messages are not reaching our cell phones. This just affects our ATT phones. Some customer service person at ATT told our people that they are transitioning people away from email messages to cell phones as text. We pay for an SMS package. I’m clueless as to why they would care about the source when we pay for the SMS volume. Anyone else experiencing this? How are you generating SMS messages to non-mobile-email-enable devices? We’ve always preached that SMS is not a guaranteed service/delivery so time sensitive needs shouldn’t be pushed there, but we’re going to have to come up with another deployment if ATT sticks to their guns. -Joe Louis
Re: Email texting to ATT cell phones
What would you use? On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 10:56, Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.com wrote: I have found email-to-sms to be infrequently, yet sporadically unreliable across all carriers. I would not rely on it for anything critical. -- ME2 On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 9:11 AM, Louis, Joe jlo...@guardianalarm.com wrote: Anyone having problems sending an email to an ATT cell phone as an SMS (via email address xxx-xxx-x...@text.att.net)? All of a sudden, our messages are not reaching our cell phones. This just affects our ATT phones. Some customer service person at ATT told our people that they are transitioning people away from email messages to cell phones as text. We pay for an SMS package. I’m clueless as to why they would care about the source when we pay for the SMS volume. Anyone else experiencing this? How are you generating SMS messages to non-mobile-email-enable devices? We’ve always preached that SMS is not a guaranteed service/delivery so time sensitive needs shouldn’t be pushed there, but we’re going to have to come up with another deployment if ATT sticks to their guns. -Joe Louis
Re: Email texting to ATT cell phones
If it was mission critical, an SMS gateway. SMTP is great, but we know it has its flaws. I swear I think Verizon and ATT do things to disrupt misuse of thier services. I had a plethora of horrible experiences in the Boston area with an email-to-SMS system. Direct SMS and paging services are more reliable in my experience. -- ME2 On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: What would you use? On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 10:56, Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.com wrote: I have found email-to-sms to be infrequently, yet sporadically unreliable across all carriers. I would not rely on it for anything critical. -- ME2 On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 9:11 AM, Louis, Joe jlo...@guardianalarm.com wrote: Anyone having problems sending an email to an ATT cell phone as an SMS (via email address xxx-xxx-x...@text.att.net)? All of a sudden, our messages are not reaching our cell phones. This just affects our ATT phones. Some customer service person at ATT told our people that they are transitioning people away from email messages to cell phones as text. We pay for an SMS package. I’m clueless as to why they would care about the source when we pay for the SMS volume. Anyone else experiencing this? How are you generating SMS messages to non-mobile-email-enable devices? We’ve always preached that SMS is not a guaranteed service/delivery so time sensitive needs shouldn’t be pushed there, but we’re going to have to come up with another deployment if ATT sticks to their guns. -Joe Louis
RE: Email texting to ATT cell phones (UNCLASSIFIED)
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: FOUO They have phones in Kentucky? J From: Bob Fronk [mailto:b...@btrfronk.com] Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 12:18 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Email texting to ATT cell phones There is a widespread ATT outage in the Kentucky area with over 150 sites down. There is also a large Windstream outage in Georgia and Kentucky. I don't know if they are related. However, both are causing me a great deal of headache today. -- BF From: Louis, Joe [mailto:jlo...@guardianalarm.com] Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 12:11 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Email texting to ATT cell phones Anyone having problems sending an email to an ATT cell phone as an SMS (via email address xxx-xxx-x...@text.att.net)? All of a sudden, our messages are not reaching our cell phones. This just affects our ATT phones. Some customer service person at ATT told our people that they are transitioning people away from email messages to cell phones as text. We pay for an SMS package. I'm clueless as to why they would care about the source when we pay for the SMS volume. Anyone else experiencing this? How are you generating SMS messages to non-mobile-email-enable devices? We've always preached that SMS is not a guaranteed service/delivery so time sensitive needs shouldn't be pushed there, but we're going to have to come up with another deployment if ATT sticks to their guns. -Joe Louis Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: FOUO
RE: Email texting to ATT cell phones (UNCLASSIFIED)
Not anymore. Steve Hart Network Administrator 503.491.4343 -Direct | 503.492.8160 - Fax From: Kent, Larry CTR US USA [mailto:larry.k...@us.army.mil] Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 1:48 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Email texting to ATT cell phones (UNCLASSIFIED) Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: FOUO They have phones in Kentucky? :) From: Bob Fronk [mailto:b...@btrfronk.com] Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 12:18 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Email texting to ATT cell phones There is a widespread ATT outage in the Kentucky area with over 150 sites down. There is also a large Windstream outage in Georgia and Kentucky. I don't know if they are related. However, both are causing me a great deal of headache today. -- BF From: Louis, Joe [mailto:jlo...@guardianalarm.com] Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 12:11 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Email texting to ATT cell phones Anyone having problems sending an email to an ATT cell phone as an SMS (via email address xxx-xxx-x...@text.att.netblockedmailto:xxx-xxx-x...@text.att.net)? All of a sudden, our messages are not reaching our cell phones. This just affects our ATT phones. Some customer service person at ATT told our people that they are transitioning people away from email messages to cell phones as text. We pay for an SMS package. I'm clueless as to why they would care about the source when we pay for the SMS volume. Anyone else experiencing this? How are you generating SMS messages to non-mobile-email-enable devices? We've always preached that SMS is not a guaranteed service/delivery so time sensitive needs shouldn't be pushed there, but we're going to have to come up with another deployment if ATT sticks to their guns. -Joe Louis Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: FOUO
