text messages

clit commander · 24-10-2002 9:46am #1

does any1 know websites that allows you to send free messages?

PPC · 24-10-2002 9:48am

if ya on o2 use www.o2.ie
Vodafone is www.vodafone.ie
Try www.mtnsms.com aswell.
Icq also do free sms.

daveg · 24-10-2002 1:28pm

I was shown not so long ago how to send text messages from outlook but I'll be damned if I can remember... Anyone ?

Presto Mendoza · 24-10-2002 1:54pm

You could always use ICQ sms, that way you can get replies.

PiE · 24-10-2002 11:55pm

Since when did ICQ allow msg's to Irish networks?

Havent used ICQ since I started using Trillian.

vac · 25-10-2002 6:33am

Quite some time ago, only to 086 last time i used it tho

Ro-76 · 25-10-2002 11:23am

I cannot get ICQ to deliver to 086. The message is sent fine, but never arrives.

Is this feature currently working for others?

Ro

Gordon · 25-10-2002 12:37pm

Ye, used to work fine for me.

Chowmein · 25-10-2002 4:56pm

ICQ do both 087 and 086

s8n · 25-10-2002 4:59pm

can't see how you could do it thru outlook????

byte · 26-10-2002 6:30pm

Yeah, ICQ is very handy for SMS though you are limited to 10-15 SMS per day. THe log is also handy as it don't run out of space unlike fone inbox.

OT: What way does Nokia fones organise messages? They don't seem to be listed in any sensible order.

Ro-76 · 26-10-2002 6:52pm

I still cannot send an sms despite downloading and reinstalling the latest version of icq.

Would one of you mind just doing a little test for me: could you send me a test message to 086 2329384 , and maybe to another 086 mobile, so i can figure out if it's an O2 problem, a problem with my number, or a problem with my icq.

Thanks,

Ro

phreak · 26-10-2002 7:49pm

Originally posted by Ro-76
I still cannot send an sms despite downloading and reinstalling the latest version of icq.

Would one of you mind just doing a little test for me: could you send me a test message to 086 2329384 , and maybe to another 086 mobile, so i can figure out if it's an O2 problem, a problem with my number, or a problem with my icq.

Thanks,

Ro

putting your mobile number on the internet isn't the smartest thing in the world to do!

El Marco · 26-10-2002 9:55pm

Cool, after seeing this thread I got icq and it's actually excellant for sms messages. But I did a test just there to see what it's like and send a text to two phones. It reached one and not the other, so I hope it's not constantly dodgy.

phaxx · 26-10-2002 10:31pm

Originally posted by Phreak
putting your mobile number on the internet isn't the smartest thing in the world to do!

And you've made it worse by quoting his entire message.
/me claps

Originally posted by irishbyte
OT: What way does Nokia fones organise messages? They don't seem to be listed in any sensible order.

That's a good point, does anyone have an answer for that?

Mountjoy Mugger · 26-10-2002 10:38pm

Originally posted by Ro-76
I still cannot send an sms despite downloading and reinstalling the latest version of icq.

Ro

Did you drop the 0 in 086/087 when sending it via ICQ?

Ro-76 · 26-10-2002 11:15pm

Thanks for all your concern about my high-risk behaviour, posting my mobile number. If you really want to see real loose canons, check out esato.com/board - thousands of unsuspecting mobile-number-posters.

Anyway, thanks for your help so far, but I still cannot send an sms. Has anyone tried to send me a test yet?

What versions of icq are you all using?

Can you send sms from the icq site? (I can't)

Ro

DamienH · 26-10-2002 11:36pm

try icq lite. I have that and it does the job. Can't send to 085 though

OLDYELLAR · 27-10-2002 8:25pm

www.oceanfree.net used to anyways.

Victor · 28-10-2002 5:19pm

Originally posted by PPC
Try www.mtnsms.com aswell.

When I registered with them, suddenly my e-mail spam went into overload.....

Kolodny · 28-10-2002 5:28pm

I don't think mtnsms can send to 087 though. Also, it's not free any more :mad:

suppafly · 30-10-2002 11:11am

I remember Oxygen used to give like 20/30 free text msg's a week. That was great and i use it all the time. U would get the replies straight to your phone. Now they r donw, and have been donw for about 6months or some, does anybody know what the story is? Also does anybody know a decent free web text place(aside from icq, o2, vodafone)

Ruaidhri · 30-10-2002 1:25pm

Originally posted by daveg
I was shown not so long ago how to send text messages from outlook but I'll be damned if I can remember... Anyone ?

yes i can

eircsson phones have a plug in for outlook.you need a supported ericsson phone,a data cable and the software(comes with the phone)

after that it's just a matter of clicking new and selecting new text message. works a treat aswell..outlook pulls your new txt's into the inbox

Saruman · 30-10-2002 1:58pm

Im sure i posted this on another thread months ago. Anyway this is very good!! And unlike MTNSMS when someone replies to is sent to your phone and not to the server it came from.

http://www.1rstwap.com/partners/go.to/1rstwap

Mr E · 30-10-2002 2:11pm

<edit> Never mind

</edit>

- Dave.

Sparkle · 30-10-2002 6:22pm

Nothing really to do with the thread but just thought this was funny-got it in a txt a few days ago...........
There was a young girl called Ulrika,Whose love life couldn't be sweeter. Sven was a fanshe was beaten by Stan, and shagged by the guy from Blue Peter!

Okie · 30-10-2002 7:46pm

Originally posted by Saruman
Im sure i posted this on another thread months ago. Anyway this is very good!! And unlike MTNSMS when someone replies to is sent to your phone and not to the server it came from.

http://www.1rstwap.com/partners/go.to/1rstwap

Bejaysus! You're not wrong there Saruman! That site is flippin' mighty for the oul textin' craic!
Not like O2 where some baxstard had already registered my number :mad:
And as for oxygen :rolleyes: those boys are on hiatus for the longest time.
My carrier pigeon is exhausted

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