Text Alerts-where to go?

winger · 10-07-2004, 03:16 PM

I have seen people mention they receive text alerts SMS's from places such as cnn, yahoo, bank, etc. For the more general items (CNN, yahoo), where do people go to signup for these text alert services? I am looking for specific URLs to websites.

Thanks

theCvgUnit · 10-07-2004, 03:18 PM

http://mobile.yahoo.com/
http://www.cnn.com/mobile/

DcDave63 · 10-07-2004, 03:40 PM

I use gmail.com, aol.com, yahoo.com, alert.dc.gov...

But just about any site that will email you an alert, can be set up to go to your phone. xxxxxxxxx@messaging.sprintpcs.com (where xxxxxxxxxx is your area code and phone number) is your email address and you can forward emails or text messages there as well. I get many notifications that way.

**acunn1** · 10-08-2004, 06:41 AM

msn.com/mobile

mcurtiss1970 · 10-08-2004, 06:41 AM

i like yahoo in concept. but i never seem to get them.

ken_vs_ryu · 10-08-2004, 07:54 AM

dcdave - what gmail alerts do you get? just when you receive a new one?

DcDave63 · 10-08-2004, 08:03 AM

Yeah, I set the filter to send a copy of all incoming mail to another address. You just choose your phone address. It works great. I have been getting nearly instant notifications.

winger · 10-08-2004, 10:35 AM

thanks for the responses! I like:

msn.com/mobile
http://mobile.yahoo.com/
http://www.cnn.com/mobile/

**jh101_7** · 12-21-2004, 07:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DcDave63

Yeah, I set the filter to send a copy of all incoming mail to another address. You just choose your phone address. It works great. I have been getting nearly instant notifications.

Ok i did that. and it was working for a bit. but someone emailed me a large file and sprint sent bounced the mail back to gmail. now gmail will not accept the xxx@messaging.sprintpcs.com as the forwarding address. How can i fix this? Sprint says they didn't block it. so it must be gmail. any ideas?

skifree · 12-21-2004, 08:45 AM

Heres a good one Ive set up a few alerts but now for one I have lost my log in for the news site that is sending me alerts, when I try to access my account It prompts me to enter my account e-mail which is the text message number when they send me the response the message is to long and cuts off right before the password? Has this happened to anyone? If so how did you fix it.

**jh101_7** · 12-21-2004, 12:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skifree

Heres a good one Ive set up a few alerts but now for one I have lost my log in for the news site that is sending me alerts, when I try to access my account It prompts me to enter my account e-mail which is the text message number when they send me the response the message is to long and cuts off right before the password? Has this happened to anyone? If so how did you fix it.

email the site's contact us link and ask for help.

skifree · 12-21-2004, 08:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jh101_7

email the site's contact us link and ask for help.

tried twice and even called will try phone again in the morning my advice is always remember the passwords for these type of alerts

10-07-2004, 03:16 PM	#1
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DcDave63 Cordless Phone User Join Date: Aug 20, '04 Location: Washington,DC Posts: 552 Phone: SPRINT-HTC Hero Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 1 Post SU$: 245	I use gmail.com, aol.com, yahoo.com, alert.dc.gov... But just about any site that will email you an alert, can be set up to go to your phone. xxxxxxxxx@messaging.sprintpcs.com (where xxxxxxxxxx is your area code and phone number) is your email address and you can forward emails or text messages there as well. I get many notifications that way. __________________ "The Christian Right is neither." My pics on my MOBLOG "The lies of the few are exacerbated by the beliefs of the many" "It at first you don't succeed, then Sky-diving definitely isn't for you!"

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10-08-2004, 07:54 AM	#6
ken_vs_ryu Cordless Phone User Join Date: Apr 1, '04 Location: parts unknown Posts: 570 Phone: 5500 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts SU$: 42	dcdave - what gmail alerts do you get? just when you receive a new one?

10-08-2004, 08:03 AM	#7
DcDave63 Cordless Phone User Join Date: Aug 20, '04 Location: Washington,DC Posts: 552 Phone: SPRINT-HTC Hero Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 1 Post SU$: 245	Yeah, I set the filter to send a copy of all incoming mail to another address. You just choose your phone address. It works great. I have been getting nearly instant notifications. __________________ "The Christian Right is neither." My pics on my MOBLOG "The lies of the few are exacerbated by the beliefs of the many" "It at first you don't succeed, then Sky-diving definitely isn't for you!"

10-08-2004, 10:35 AM	#8
winger Cellular Phone User Join Date: Apr 27, '03 Location: San Francisco Posts: 1,788 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts SU$: 4,285	thanks for the responses! I like: msn.com/mobile http://mobile.yahoo.com/ http://www.cnn.com/mobile/ __________________ Plan: a Simply-WannaBe-Everything

12-21-2004, 08:45 AM	#10
skifree Telegraph User Join Date: Dec 15, '03 Location: usa Posts: 23 Phone: m610 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts SU$: 82	Heres a good one Ive set up a few alerts but now for one I have lost my log in for the news site that is sending me alerts, when I try to access my account It prompts me to enter my account e-mail which is the text message number when they send me the response the message is to long and cuts off right before the password? Has this happened to anyone? If so how did you fix it.

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