+Clive and Juliana Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment
+Mr. Wilson & a Mt. Goat Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment
+foxual Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment
+Mr. Wilson & a Mt. Goat Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment
+Clive and Juliana Posted February 18, 2011 Author Share Posted February 18, 2011 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 Quote Link to comment
+Clive and Juliana Posted February 18, 2011 Author Share Posted February 18, 2011 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 Quote Link to comment
+foxual Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 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 Quote Link to comment
+Mr. Wilson & a Mt. Goat Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment
+foxual Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment
+Markwell Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Set up a gmail account and forward specific stuff to your yahoo and phone, etc. Quote Link to comment
+Clive and Juliana Posted February 19, 2011 Author Share Posted February 19, 2011 Set up a gmail and had it filter to my cell and yahoo address. Thanks guys! Quote Link to comment
+chief_illini217 Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 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? Quote Link to comment
+GeePa Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment
+Dragons And Princesses Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment
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