[aprssig] APRS Email -> Cell phone Text message problem

[Greg D.]

Hi Brian,

Ah, this one looks promising.  Plain text, multiple lines (Thank you!), and I get to set both the subject and text contents.  The only issue might be the message length, due to the long hunk of text warning you about the limited reply capability.  (Ironic, no?).

I've got an email out to my daughter to warn her it's coming...  I'll let you know.

Greg  KO6TH


From: bwebster at wirelessmapping.com
To: aprssig at tapr.org
Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 08:08:26 -0400
Subject: Re: [aprssig] APRS Email -> Cell phone Text message problem










See 
if you have the problem sending messages via the APRS-Winlink Gateway. I like 
the fact that you can assign an alias for a long email in APRSLink which 
certainly shortens the keystrokes required from an APRS device to key 
in....
 
http://www.winlink.org/aprslink
 


Thank You,
Brian N2KGC
 
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From: aprssig-bounces at tapr.org 
[mailto:aprssig-bounces at tapr.org]On Behalf Of Greg D.
Sent: 
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 1:42 AM
To: 
aprssig at tapr.org
Subject: Re: [aprssig] APRS Email -> Cell phone 
Text message problem


Well, you still see them over here.  I guess the Cell 
  companies have trained us to lower expectations.

The first message I 
  sent (via email-2) did display all the junk (no message text), but then later 
  ones from the same service did the reboot thing.  That's why I'm thinking 
  the bit bucket needs to be emptied, or something similar.  I think I'll 
  let her clear it all out and try the original email service one last time, 
  unless there's a 3rd service out there to try, or some way to configure 
  (format) what it delivers.

But, yeah, even without the messages she 
  occasionally complains of it turning itself off every once in a while.  
  Voice quality is a challenge on any mobile phone, another thing we've been 
  "trained" on.

Me, well, I don't have a cell phone...  If I'm in 
  the office, leave a message and I'll get back to you.  If I'm in the car, 
  try the Auburn repeater :-).

Greg  KO6TH


> Date: 
  Tue, 12 May 2009 13:35:50 +0100
> From: dave at uk-ar.co.uk
> To: 
  aprssig at tapr.org
> Subject: Re: [aprssig] APRS Email -> Cell phone 
  Text message problem
> 
> The Razr is not exactly known for its 
  reliability, sadly.
> 
> They were popular over here briefly for 
  the big screen and the style of
> the package, but quickly fell out of 
  favour due to many "operational"
> issues that P'd off too many users, 
  on all networks. I haven't seen
> one in use now in the UK, for over a 
  year. I guess they are all in
> landfill now, or at the back of the 
  kitchen cupboard. The one my
> partner had, used to drop call's or reset 
  for no reason, never did get
> to the bottom of that, I think she broke 
  it in half out of frustration
> in the end.
> 
> 73.
> 
  
> Dave G0WBX (Owner of an older Nokia 6310i. It just keeps 
  working...)
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> 
  
> From: Greg D.
> Sent: 12 May 2009 06:39
> To: 
  aprssig at tapr.org
> Subject: Re: [aprssig] APRS Email -> Cell phone 
  Text message problem
> 
> 
> Hi Pete,
> 
> Yeah, 
  that's what I figured. Email-2 was the service I used, because I
> 
  appreciate how it can use aliases for email addresses.
> 
> I 
  tried again using the original email service (no "-2"), because it
> 
  formats things differently, with "Message from <call sign>" in 
  the
> subject, and the message within the traditional message text area. 
  She
> got a message, but this time the phone rebooted itself and left 
  an
> error, something about not being able to download the message. I 
  didn't
> try to pursue it at this time. Perhaps it's simply out of 
  space, or
> maybe the links and/or size is causing an internal crash. 
  The phone is
> a Motorola Razr, with T-Mobile service.
> 
> 
  So, this is going to take some gateway work...
> 
> Any 
  takers?
> 
> Greg KO6TH
> 
> 
> 
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