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Send SMS messages to mobile phones from iChat
Authored by: Tepepa on Jul 03, '03 04:04:50AM

Sorry, you cannot reply.
You cannot send SMS to iChat
but you can add buddies with this format:
+(prefix) tel. num.



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Send SMS messages to mobile phones from iChat
Authored by: mac-rob on Jul 04, '03 12:40:07AM

Sending from desktop to phone should work with most major US carriers including Sprint, TMobile, Cingular, Verizon, AT&T Wireless, and Nextel.

Replying from phone to desktop will work with Verizon and AT&T Wireless. Hopefully support for more carriers will be possible in the future.

Initiating from phone to desktop is not possible at this time, regardless of wireless carrier.

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BTW, don't let the odd 6-digit sender number confuse you. This is a "short code" used by the SMSC to route messages to/from an application on the carrier's network. Conceptually it's similar to a TCP/IP port. A temporary, unique short code is assigned to each incoming screen name on a rotating basis and is used to route reply messages back to the sender (only on networks which support replying - currently AT&T and Verizon).



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