Does anyone know if it's possible to have notifications here send a text message to a phone number? Before I start looking at different/other ways to see how to do that.@Michael M (https://www.friendsofcc.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=2539)
If you want all correspondence from FoCC sent as text messages, you could change your forum email address to your 10 digit phone number @ your cell phone provider.Wanna do a 'talk to me like i'm 5' walkthrough for that ;)
Then set up notifications to send an email.
That should work.
Wanna do a 'talk to me like i'm 5' walkthrough for that ;)Maybe this link (https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/how-to-send-a-text-from-your-email-account/) will help.
I can see it being very useful to the folks in the hotel exchange @SteveD (https://www.friendsofcc.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=3710)
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@NCDS (https://www.friendsofcc.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=2339)
you're my test case, do you understand this? and why it's useful?
Wanna do a 'talk to me like i'm 5' walkthrough for that ;)This is exactly why I asked :)
I can see it being very useful to the folks in the hotel exchange @SteveD (https://www.friendsofcc.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=3710)
Why am I being quizzed? I was up until 3 am, take it easy on the questions. Lol'cuz you've had no problem telling me to bugger off in the past
If you want all correspondence from FoCC sent as text messages, you could change your forum email address to your 10 digit phone number @ your cell phone provider.Is there a way to do this for just a specific thread? Would hate to have *all* notifications go to my phone.
Then set up notifications to send an email.
That should work.
Is there a way to do this for just a specific thread? Would hate to have *all* notifications go to my phone.
Is there a way to do this for just a specific thread? Would hate to have *all* notifications go to my phone.This would not be specific to this forum. It's just changing your forum email so all messages gets sent as SMS instead.
I think this is where I step in and say "bugger off" (laughing, I kid, I kid)People would just change their email address in their profile. Anything normally sent to their email would be sent to SMS instead.
Honestly, that would be a fun idea but not sure it would work or if the pay off would be worth it for the team to try. I will let them give you an answer.
I think the ability to go-to text is really just a luxury. I use an email that goes to my phone so if someone mentions me or messages me I see it in probably the same time I would see a text.
@SteveD (https://www.friendsofcc.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=3710) and @alyssa (https://www.friendsofcc.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=1) would you need to do anything for the text? Or just we list the domains and people change their email?
This would not be specific to this forum. It's just changing your forum email so all messages gets sent as SMS instead.It's really cool that the cell companies have enabled the email to sms text feature
People would just change their email address in their profile. Anything normally sent to their email would be sent to SMS instead.
Agree, but the only reason I'm using O365 is cause Yahoo only allows you to set up forwarding when you pay for their Plus services. Anyone that has an email service that allows forwarding (I don't know if google/gmail/etc.) with some rules could do this with them as well. The idea is...
1. Email from FoCC comes in
2. Set up a rule based on the context of the subject (ex. You were tagged!)
3. Forward that email to the cell-email that @SteveD (https://www.friendsofcc.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=3710) showed above
I'm just using my O365 subscription cause Yahoo doesn't do the forward. Others may have luck w/their stuff. Be an interesting test otherwise.
Agree, but the only reason I'm using O365 is cause Yahoo only allows you to set up forwarding when you pay for their Plus services. Anyone that has an email service that allows forwarding (I don't know if google/gmail/etc.) with some rules could do this with them as well. The idea is...
1. Email from FoCC comes in
2. Set up a rule based on the context of the subject (ex. You were tagged!)
3. Forward that email to the cell-email that @SteveD (https://www.friendsofcc.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=3710) showed above
I'm just using my O365 subscription cause Yahoo doesn't do the forward. Others may have luck w/their stuff. Be an interesting test otherwise.
You can do this with any email address. Just have Thunderbird running on a machine somewhere. Whenever email arrives it can run a filter on it. The filters allow for a variety of actions including forwarding that email to another address. This is how I've been getting SMS text messages whenever CCI sends an email to me for years. During comic-con season It's very useful so I can get notified of things like the pre-con shift announcement.I think to @NCDS (https://www.friendsofcc.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=2339) point, if we can get this working w/o the need for "extra stuff", and using a mail services' capabilities, it's less of a hassle. Folks that want to go the "extra mile" (like Thunderbird or O365) are more than welcome to do so. But if we can vet this to work with OOTB capabilities, that's a win.
I think to @NCDS (https://www.friendsofcc.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=2339) point, if we can get this working w/o the need for "extra stuff", and using a mail services' capabilities, it's less of a hassle. Folks that want to go the "extra mile" (like Thunderbird or O365) are more than welcome to do so. But if we can vet this to work with OOTB capabilities, that's a win.