This is the blog of Adam Kalsey. Unusual depth and complexity. Rich, full body with a hint of nutty earthiness.
This is the blog of Adam Kalsey. Unusual depth and complexity. Rich, full body with a hint of nutty earthiness.
6 Jan 2005
For a project I’m working on we need to send text messages to mobile phones. We could buy or rent an SMS gateway, but most carriers in the US allow you to email a message to yourphonenumber@yourcarrier and it will appear as a text message on the phone. For example, my phone is currently with AT&T so you can send a short email to 9166002497 AT mobile.att.net and it will show up on my phone.
The problem is figuring out what carrier the phone number is at so you can append the correct hostname to the email address. John Wehr pointed out Teleflip, a service that lets you send email to yourphonenumber@teleflip.com and have it delivered to the phone, regardless of carrier. That’s dandy, but I don’t want to rely on some free, third party service that might change or go away later.
After spending some time looking for a way to determine the phone’s carrier, it hit me: I don’t really care what carrier they’re using. If I send the message to the incorrect carrier, it won’t get delivered to the wrong person because phone numbers are unique. It will just bounce. So if I wanted to send a message to 212-555-1212, I could just send a text message to 2125551212@mobile.att.net, 2125551212@messaging.sprintpcs.com, 2125551212@messaging.nextel.com and so on. Send to them all and ignore the bounces. Based on the bounces, you could even learn which carrier someone’s using and just send to that one in the future.
It’s not terribly polite to send email that you know is going to bounce, but it’s not a huge load on the servers and you’d only do it once for each new number.
>_< I spent 15 minutes searching around and testing broken lookup pages before I stumbled on your solution. Thoroughly ingenious!
I need to forward my text messages to my email? is this possible?
yahoo has also got a new text system in their “new look” mailboxes. all you have to do is hit the “T” button, type your message, and hit send and it will send the number regardless of carrier
so how to I get into my boyfried text sent and received without him knowing?
I am trying to get into my boyfriend’s text messaging without him knowing. Is that possible?
what about instant messenger services, such as AIM, that are extended onto cellular devices? is there any way to lookup cell phone numbers if you have a screenname?
i need to be able to text somebody and make my number private. anyone know how?
I want to inundate an ASSHOLE that is sending my daughter disgusting test messages! EVERYONE THAT SEES THIS SEND A TEXT TO: [redacted - Adam]
I owe you all for this favor, THANKS and right on!
Sarge, out
for the the women, if you “think” you should check your boyfriends text messages, isn’t that enough to bounce? if you find something, you’re either gonna have a reason to leave; or stay, with what you find, in your head all the time. If you find nothing, you won’t be satisfied. You’ll constantly be preoccupied by the thoughts of something going on behind your back. Fuckin leave the cellphones out in the open! No worries! If someone has a problem with that, it’s for a reason! [i.e., it’s not a matter of “principle”]. I’m a man, and I fuckin dump any chick that’s cautious about who she lets use her cellphone.
for the the women, if you “think” you should check your boyfriends text messages, isn’t that enough to bounce? if you find something, you’re either gonna have a reason to leave; or stay, with what you find, in your head all the time. If you find nothing, you won’t be satisfied. You’ll constantly be preoccupied by the thoughts of something going on behind your back. leave the cellphones out in the open! No worries! If someone has a problem with that, it’s for a reason! [i.e., it’s not a matter of “principle”]. I’m a man, and I dump any chick that’s cautious about who she lets use her cellphone.
I don’t know who posted this “Stupid cell phone tricks” thing, but dude, GENIUS! It’s so simple!
whats the addy for verizon users?
already thought about this, however, if teleflip can do it there’s gotta b a way.
contact [at] johncaza [dot] com if you have any suggestions!!
John
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shelll
December 18, 2007 10:10 PM
I need to know if there is a way to get into someones text messaging without them knowing