gmail --> 082*******@voda.co.za

[kaeiou]

so i'm trying to set up a gmail account that forwards emails to my cellphone as SMSs.

strangely it doesn't work, anyone know why?

gmail forwarding works, and 082*******@voda.co.za also works...
but they don't work together

 

[zerofocus]

Maybe the gmail servers have been blocked because of spamming? Can you send from your gmail account to the sms mail server?

 

[kaeiou]

yeah i can.

if i manually send an email (from a gmail account) to 082*@voda.co.za i recieve the sms.

 

[feo]

Just a guess but it might have something to do with the length of the emails youre receiving. Set up forwarding and send yourself a one-word email to the gmail account and see if that gets forwarded as an sms.

 

[kaeiou]

nope.

man this is a mystery.

 

[Gunny]

u only get 5 free 082*@voda.co.za msges per day AFAIK, 160 characters only and no subject line.

 

[kaeiou]

Did you send it as Plain Text or Rich Text? - try Plain Text...

irrelevant i think.

this sounds complicated but it's kinda simple:
i got 3 gmail accounts (A, B, C)

A - to send with
B - forwards mail
C - recieves mail

first i sent mail directly to 082*@voda.co.za and recieved it on my phone immediately. then i set mailbox B to forward to mailbox C and it worked obviously. then i set mailbox B to forward to 082*@voda.co.za which didn't work
(all mail sent from mailbox A)
yeah... i got no clue why it doesn't work...

u only get 5 free 082*@voda.co.za msges per day AFAIK, 160 characters only and no subject line.

not that either...

 

[kaeiou]

anybodeeeEEEeEeEee,,,,

 

[bullfrog]

If you forward a message it could contain email information that is incompatible with the email to sms service.

 

[kaeiou]

yeah clearly. maybe i'll bug vodacom to configure it so it works. insignificant as this all is <endofthread>

 

[[email protected]]

Can anyone assist with a solution to forwarding emails to my cellphone as an SMS? Gmail is asking for a verification code, but I doubt the request has reached Vodacom as an SMS.

 

[chrisc]

Don't put your email address as your name. You will have all those sex-crazed bb'ers inviting you to their place to check their routers

 

[Colin62]

Don't put your email address as your name. You will have all those sex-crazed bb'ers inviting you to their place to check their routers

Damn. I was about to do just that...