Having Trouble sending to txt.bell.ca

[Stephen W. Clarke]

> On 02/25/2013 01:52 PM, William Park wrote:
>> On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 01:38:49PM -0500, Stephen W. Clarke wrote:
>>> Hey all,
>>>
>>> I've got an auto-email setup running from a shell script.
>>> It sends fine to all the internal email addresses and sms messages to
>>> both
>>> rogers and telus cell customers, but does not send sms to bell
>>> customers.
>>> I've used both <phonenumber>@txt.bell.ca and
>>> <phonenumber>@txt.bellmobility.ca with no luck.
>>>
>>> Has anybody else ever seen something like this? Any thoughts on how to
>>> troubleshoot?
>> How do you send SMS text to Rogers cell number, anyways?
>> I know that Rogers has free web-to-cell service, but emailing SMS text
>> is new to me.
>
> And some providers, like WIND which I use, don't have email to SMS
> gateways so I have workaround that I read about online. I set up a
> Twitter account specifically for my phone number and turned on SMS
> notifications for direct messages. If I want to send a text to my phone,
> I can send a direct message to my Twitter account and my phone will
> receive it.
>
> I also use IFTTT <https://ifttt.com/wtf> to notify me via SMS of every
> event on my Google calendar. It's pretty handy and free.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Clifford Ilkay
> Dinamis
> 1419-3230 Yonge St.
> Toronto, ON
> Canada  M4N 3P6
>
> <http://dinamis.com>
> +1 416-410-3326
>
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Thanks for that suggestion. I've found a simpler work-around for now. It
appears that the bell system just objects when the addresses are part of a
group. If I specify them individually they go through. Go figure.

Stephen
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Stephen W. Clarke
Marketing and Communications Officer
Nray Services Inc.
56A Head Street
Dundas, ON L9H 3H7
CANADA

(905) 627-1302 x14

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