+hollerpoint Posted July 27, 2008 Posted July 27, 2008 Yesterday I became a premium Member because I thought I saw somewhere on the site that premium members could have newly approved caches text to them. I went to try and set it up today but I couldn't find the page where I saw it at....or thought I saw it anyway. Is there a way to receive text notifications of new caches? If so could someone please point me in the right direction? Thanks, Steve
+Cache O'Plenty Posted July 27, 2008 Posted July 27, 2008 If you want notifications sent to your phone, put your phone's e-mail in the "Send to an alternate e-mail" box. Each phone vendor is different but for verizon, it's <phone number>@vzwpix.com
+bugsmasher69 Posted July 27, 2008 Posted July 27, 2008 I have my new cache notices sent to my yahoo mail account. Then I have a filter set in the yahoo mail from Groundspeak that sends me a text to my phone telling me there is mail from them.
+hollerpoint Posted July 28, 2008 Author Posted July 28, 2008 Oh,OK I'm not sure what I was reading yesterday. I thought I could have them sent to my phone by text message without going through the email. I will have to call alltel tomorrow and get the email on my phone turned on. Or I might try going through my yahoo mail like bugsmasher69. I'm going to check into it right now. Thanks for the replies
AZcachemeister Posted July 28, 2008 Posted July 28, 2008 You can have it sent to your phone as a text message, if you like. See above.
Motorcycle_Mama Posted July 28, 2008 Posted July 28, 2008 xxxxxxxxxx@message.alltel.com If you already have text messaging on your account for your phone, you shouldn't need to add anything else (other than the capacity for receiving more messages).
+hollerpoint Posted July 28, 2008 Author Posted July 28, 2008 OK, I get it now. I'm glad I checked this topic again before I ended up paying for extra stuff on my phone bill. I wasn't aware that a text message could be sent through email to a cell phone. Thanks for all the help
AZcachemeister Posted July 28, 2008 Posted July 28, 2008 OK, I get it now. I'm glad I checked this topic again before I ended up paying for extra stuff on my phone bill. I wasn't aware that a text message could be sent through email to a cell phone. Thanks for all the help Technically, the EMail is being delivered as a text message... Just be aware that the message can be delayed up to several hours by the extra steps involved.
Motorcycle_Mama Posted July 28, 2008 Posted July 28, 2008 And on Alltel, you will probably get it divided into 2 text messages, so if you are going to send the notifications this way, be sure you have enough messages on your plan.
+Cache O'Plenty Posted July 28, 2008 Posted July 28, 2008 With Verizon, that also happens. So, have them sent as pictures instead (note the "@vzwpix.com"). It costs .25 per message vs the .20 for a text msg but it's all in one message. Or, go for the "plan" that has a breakeven point of 40 messages.
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