Re: Creating a group in text messaging
You can import a CONTACTS group from a Windows e-mail client. Whether or not this can be done from a Mac I cannot say because I, as of yet, do not have such a fine personal computer. - Bill Leader Dog Holland - Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. - US Humorist, Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) - Original Message - From: Alex Hall To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 5:13 PM Subject: Re: Creating a group in text messaging Contacts does support groups, but you can't call or email a group in one go. You can, however, send one message to everyone at once. So long as you don't have your phone set to erase messages after a certain amount of time, you can find that conversation later, open it, and send another message. It will go to everyone you included, without you needing to type them all in again. WhyApple hasn't just embraced groups is beyond me, but there you go. Hopefully someone has a better idea. On Jan 26, 2015, at 5:01 PM, Jim Portillo portillo@gmail.com wrote: Hello there, I have a question. Is there a way of creating a group or list of people within the text messaging area? I ask because if I need to do so, it would be nice to send a text to all of my coworkers all at once if I'm going to be absent or late or whatever. At this time, I have to type each of their names when I'm going to make such a text. Can I put them all into a group and go at it an easier way? Thanks for any help. Jim Sent from my iPhone 6. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Creating a group in text messaging
Hi! An option is to use a 3rd party app! There is a few so maybe one of them might be useful! Here’s a link to one of them see what you think! https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/group-text!/id377826584?mt=8 HTH Colin On 27 Jan 2015, at 09:52, Bill Gallik wfgal...@charter.net wrote: You can import a CONTACTS group from a Windows e-mail client. Whether or not this can be done from a Mac I cannot say because I, as of yet, do not have such a fine personal computer. - Bill Leader Dog Holland - Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. - US Humorist, Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) - Original Message - From: Alex Hall To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 5:13 PM Subject: Re: Creating a group in text messaging Contacts does support groups, but you can't call or email a group in one go. You can, however, send one message to everyone at once. So long as you don't have your phone set to erase messages after a certain amount of time, you can find that conversation later, open it, and send another message. It will go to everyone you included, without you needing to type them all in again. WhyApple hasn't just embraced groups is beyond me, but there you go. Hopefully someone has a better idea. On Jan 26, 2015, at 5:01 PM, Jim Portillo portillo@gmail.com wrote: Hello there, I have a question. Is there a way of creating a group or list of people within the text messaging area? I ask because if I need to do so, it would be nice to send a text to all of my coworkers all at once if I'm going to be absent or late or whatever. At this time, I have to type each of their names when I'm going to make such a text. Can I put them all into a group and go at it an easier way? Thanks for any help. Jim Sent from my iPhone 6. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself
Re: Creating a group in text messaging
Contacts does support groups, but you can't call or email a group in one go. You can, however, send one message to everyone at once. So long as you don't have your phone set to erase messages after a certain amount of time, you can find that conversation later, open it, and send another message. It will go to everyone you included, without you needing to type them all in again. WhyApple hasn't just embraced groups is beyond me, but there you go. Hopefully someone has a better idea. On Jan 26, 2015, at 5:01 PM, Jim Portillo portillo@gmail.com wrote: Hello there, I have a question. Is there a way of creating a group or list of people within the text messaging area? I ask because if I need to do so, it would be nice to send a text to all of my coworkers all at once if I'm going to be absent or late or whatever. At this time, I have to type each of their names when I'm going to make such a text. Can I put them all into a group and go at it an easier way? Thanks for any help. Jim Sent from my iPhone 6. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
