There is a 3rd possibility that the number used to send the messages is blocked, this is particularly likely if the number you are sending to is a North American number as American/Canadian networks don't like messages from automated sources which can't be tracked back to an individual.
Duncan > -----Original Message----- > From: Devel [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Doliner > Sent: 04 December 2013 01:57 > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: How Do I Send SMS Messages Using My ICQ Account ? > > (Move [email protected] to BCC and CC [email protected]. Sorry, my bad.) > > On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 5:41 PM, Mark Doliner <[email protected]> wrote: > > ([email protected] so other people can benefit from this discussion) > > > > On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 5:19 PM, Jay F Shachter <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Centuries ago, Nostradamus predicted that Mark Doliner would write on > Tue Dec 3 01:41:25 2013: > >> > >>> It sounds like you're doing everything correctly. I don't know why it > >>> isn't working. It doesn't work for me, either (from an AIM account nor > >>> an ICQ account). > >>> > >>> I see two equally likely possibilities: > >>> 1. The functionality is broken or disabled in the AIM and ICQ servers. > >>> 2. The AIM and ICQ protocol has changed slightly and Pidgin isn't > >>> behaving as needed in order for this to function. > >>> > >>> We could probably narrow the problem down further by checking if this > >>> functionality still exists in official AIM and ICQ clients and whether > >>> it still works there. > >> > >> I tried using their own Web-ICQ and it still didn't work. The > >> symptoms were different. Their Web-ICQ told me that my contacts were > >> offline (which is untrue, they were cellphone contacts, and their > >> cellphones were turned on, so they were not offline). On the other > >> hand, pidgin (and also empathy, I tried that too) tells me that my > >> contacts are online, which is true, and it allows me to IM them, but > >> the IM messages are never texted to their cellphones, they just > >> disappear. > > > > I think the online/offline status is not important. AOL, AIM, ICQ, > > Web-ICQ, Pidgin, etc. have no idea whether the person's phone is on or > > off. That functionality isn't supported by the SMS network. Moreover, > > SMS is a store-and-forward system, where if a phone is off or > > disconnected then text messages destined for that phone will be stored > > until the next time the phone connects to the mobile network. > > > > Pidgin ALWAYS shows "+NNNNNNNNNNN" contacts as online to make it > > easier to send messages to them. > > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devel > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: https://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
