Instant notifications?

[+Clive and Juliana]

How do I set my profile to receive a notification when a new cache is hidden? Can I receive it by text? Thanks, new member here!! Excited to start.

[+Mr. Wilson & a Mt. Goat]

How do I set my profile to receive a notification when a new cache is hidden?

 

To receive the notification for when the cache is published, go to Your Profile. Scroll down a bit and on your right you'll see a box titled "Premium Features", in that box is a link to Instant Notifications.

 

Can I receive it by text? Thanks, new member here!! Excited to start.

Text Message on your phone?

Edited February 18, 2011 by Mr. Wilson & a Mt. Goat

[+foxual]

You need to be a premium member. If you are, go here: http://www.geocaching.com/notify/default.aspx

 

Create a new notification. Name it (something like: New Listing [Traditional]). Select the cache type you want to be notified about, then select publish from the checkboxes. Your home coordinates should already be filled in if you have entered them before. Set your distance (default is 10, I do 25).

 

To have it texted to you, there are a few ways. You can set the next field, the Send To:, to your phone's email. Check here: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/email-to-sms/ to see what your carriers is. I have AT&T, so I (used to) have mine sent to 1234567890@mms.att.net

 

I changed to a better way, though. I now have it sent to my normal e-mail, which is through gmail, and set up a filter for gmail to forward anything with "[GEO] Notify" in the subject line to my phone's email address. This makes it so I save a copy in my gmail and get it on my phone.

 

I know this is confusing so if you have any Q's just ask.

[+Mr. Wilson & a Mt. Goat]

I changed to a better way, though. I now have it sent to my normal e-mail, which is through gmail, and set up a filter for gmail to forward anything with "[GEO] Notify" in the subject line to my phone's email address. This makes it so I save a copy in my gmail and get it on my phone.

 

Doing that also lets you receive the contacting emails from other cachers.

I get them through the gmail filter as well, great way to do it.

[+Clive and Juliana]

I changed to a better way, though. I now have it sent to my normal e-mail, which is through gmail, and set up a filter for gmail to forward anything with "[GEO] Notify" in the subject line to my phone's email address. This makes it so I save a copy in my gmail and get it on my phone.

 

Doing that also lets you receive the contacting emails from other cachers.

I get them through the gmail filter as well, great way to do it.

 

You guys are great!! Thanks

[+Clive and Juliana]

You need to be a premium member. If you are, go here: http://www.geocaching.com/notify/default.aspx

 

Create a new notification. Name it (something like: New Listing [Traditional]). Select the cache type you want to be notified about, then select publish from the checkboxes. Your home coordinates should already be filled in if you have entered them before. Set your distance (default is 10, I do 25).

 

To have it texted to you, there are a few ways. You can set the next field, the Send To:, to your phone's email. Check here: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/email-to-sms/ to see what your carriers is. I have AT&T, so I (used to) have mine sent to 1234567890@mms.att.net

 

I changed to a better way, though. I now have it sent to my normal e-mail, which is through gmail, and set up a filter for gmail to forward anything with "[GEO] Notify" in the subject line to my phone's email address. This makes it so I save a copy in my gmail and get it on my phone.

 

I know this is confusing so if you have any Q's just ask.

 

Does this work with yahoo mail too? Thanks

[+foxual]

You need to be a premium member. If you are, go here: http://www.geocaching.com/notify/default.aspx

 

Create a new notification. Name it (something like: New Listing [Traditional]). Select the cache type you want to be notified about, then select publish from the checkboxes. Your home coordinates should already be filled in if you have entered them before. Set your distance (default is 10, I do 25).

 

To have it texted to you, there are a few ways. You can set the next field, the Send To:, to your phone's email. Check here: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/email-to-sms/ to see what your carriers is. I have AT&T, so I (used to) have mine sent to 1234567890@mms.att.net

 

I changed to a better way, though. I now have it sent to my normal e-mail, which is through gmail, and set up a filter for gmail to forward anything with "[GEO] Notify" in the subject line to my phone's email address. This makes it so I save a copy in my gmail and get it on my phone.

 

I know this is confusing so if you have any Q's just ask.

 

Does this work with yahoo mail too? Thanks

 

It should. You just have to find a way to make a filter or rule that will forward anything with a subject line that contains "[GEO] Notify" to an e-mail address. I've never played around with Yahoo's mail, but this is pretty basic functionality. Also, switch to gmail

[+Mr. Wilson & a Mt. Goat]

You need to be a premium member. If you are, go here: http://www.geocaching.com/notify/default.aspx

 

Create a new notification. Name it (something like: New Listing [Traditional]). Select the cache type you want to be notified about, then select publish from the checkboxes. Your home coordinates should already be filled in if you have entered them before. Set your distance (default is 10, I do 25).

 

To have it texted to you, there are a few ways. You can set the next field, the Send To:, to your phone's email. Check here: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/email-to-sms/ to see what your carriers is. I have AT&T, so I (used to) have mine sent to 1234567890@mms.att.net

 

I changed to a better way, though. I now have it sent to my normal e-mail, which is through gmail, and set up a filter for gmail to forward anything with "[GEO] Notify" in the subject line to my phone's email address. This makes it so I save a copy in my gmail and get it on my phone.

 

I know this is confusing so if you have any Q's just ask.

 

Does this work with yahoo mail too? Thanks

Not from what I can see...

I just tried to see if I could and couldn't figure out a way to forward specific messages, but couldn't find a way.

Edited February 18, 2011 by Mr. Wilson & a Mt. Goat

[+foxual]

Not from what I can see...

I just tried to see if I could and couldn't figure out a way to forward specific messages, but couldn't find a way.

 

I just logged into my never used yahoo mail account because I thought for sure you had to be missing something. Sure enough, yahoo mail is ANCIENT regarding the services they offer. There is indeed no way to do this. That blows my mind.

[+Markwell]

Set up a gmail account and forward specific stuff to your yahoo and phone, etc.

[+Clive and Juliana]

Set up a gmail and had it filter to my cell and yahoo address. Thanks guys!

[+chief_illini217]

well i been reading your thread here and i tried it vie gmail and for some reason it says invalid forwarding address..Verizon is my wireless carrier also..Any ideas?

[+GeePa]

Most US carriers have an email address that will send an sms or mms (I prefer mms because the links are clickable) to your phone. I have Sprint and use their mms address for my phone number to get notifications to my phone. Go here to find the one for you carrier.

[+Dragons And Princesses]

Yahoo WILL do this. Just set up a brand new account with Yahoo and don't use it for anything else but geocaching.com notifications. Then have ALL messages from your yahoo account forwarded to your texting email address.