The Bold Explorer | |
MMS (Basic) | |
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A SIMPLE MMS WORKAROUND | |
The absence of MMS (multimedia) | |
messaging can be annoying for those of | |
us without BIS. | |
One alternative is to send pictures | |
via regular email attachments using | |
Logicmail. | |
If you just HAVE to send an MMS, there | |
may be a workaround. You can use | |
email-to-text for MMS messages. Some | |
cell carriers will let you send SMS or | |
MMS messages to their users via email. | |
For example, if you want to send an | |
MMS picture message to a number at | |
Telus Canada, you open LogicMail, and | |
write an email with a picture | |
attachment to | |
[10digitnumber]@mms.mb.telus.com. The | |
recipient can respond, and it will | |
show up in your email. | |
If someone wants to send you a picture | |
message, instruct them to enter your | |
email address in their text message | |
client's "To:" field. You'll get the | |
message in LogicMail. | |
What I did -- before learning to write | |
my own MMS service books (see below) | |
-- was go through my contacts, and | |
enter | |
[10digitnumber]@their_carrier_message_address, | |
so that I could email my contacts a | |
multimedia message easily from | |
LogicMail. It's obviously not perfect, | |
but better than nothing. | |
I'm not sure that all of these work | |
for MMS (some may be SMS only), but | |
here are some addresses for Canada: | |
[10digitnumber]@txt.bell.ca (Bell and Solo) | |
[10digitnumber]@pcs.rogers.com (Rogers) | |
[10digitnumber]@sms.fido.ca (Fido) | |
[10digitnumber]@fido.ca (Fido) | |
[10digitnumber]@mms.mb.telus.com (Telus) | |
[10digitnumber]@mms.mb.telus.com (Koodo) | |
[10digitnumber]@mms.mb.telus.com (Public Mobile) | |
[10digitnumber]@vmobile.ca (Virgin Mobile) | |
[10digitnumber]@mobiletxt.ca (PC Mobile) | |
[10digitnumber]@sms.sasktel.com (SaskTel) | |
[10digitnumber]@pcs.sasktelmobility.com (SaskTel) | |
[10digitnumber]@text.mts.net (MTS Allstream Inc./ Manitoba Telecom Services Inc… | |
[10digitnumber]@txt.freedommobile.ca (Freedom Mobile) | |
Ultimately, you'll have to search and | |
experiment to see what works for you. | |
Here is a link for similar addresses | |
worldwide, but the best approach is to | |
search the carriers' websites and | |
support forums. | |
Mobile Carrier Gateway Addresses | |
WRITING MMS SERVICE BOOKS | |
A how-to for the technically inclined | |
can be found here: | |
MMS (Advanced) | |
Writing service books is difficult and | |
involves a great deal of | |
experimentation. Be prepared to fail | |
repeatedly! |