Instant Notifications and email-to-SMS (Verizon)

[+Marlinspikette]

When attempting to register my mobile device to get geocaching text messages, the step to validate my email can't be completed because the link to validate my email address appears to be truncated. 

 

My service provider is Verizon, so I added my 10 digit phone number as an email address to my GC Settings Page/Email Preferences as XXXXXXXXXX@vtext.com , Xs are my 3-digit area code and 7-digit phone number.

 

Once the email address is added to my list and I was able to verify I am human, and then I selected the "Verify this address" option.

 

I quickly received this exact text message (screen shot #1):  (Validate your email address) Visit this link to complete validation: https://www.geocaching.com/account/settings/emailpreferences/valida  

 

And when clicking the link in the text message, I get the GeoCaching popup box (screen shot #2) showing: Error 404: DNF We didn't find the page you were looking for..... 

 

It appears the link I receive as a text message is truncated and missing text characters.

 

Has anyone else experienced this? 

 

Kind regards,

Marlin

 

[Moun10Bike]

This has been an issue for a long time and is at least partially due to the limitations of the text service. I went ahead and validated the number you provided on our backend. For others who might encounter this, you can write to our help desk and have them do for you what I just did.

[+Marlinspikette]

Thank you so much Moun10Bike, I sure appreciate the help!

[+thebruce0]

Another option for immediate notifications is to set up a gmail email account and use it as your geocaching email - then have the gmail mobile app set up to use push notifications. To my knowledge so far this is the only [free] email provider that has easy immediate push notifications of incoming email.  You could set up other filters if you want.

 

Personally I set up an email address alias that forwards to both my main personal email account and my gmail account.  Works wonders. And the notification content is perfect and informative too, and swiping to view goes right to the gmail email which is extremely convenient. Haven't found a better solution yet for instant geocaching notifications.