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Forward email to a phone in Mail.app
Authored by: jporten on Jan 09, '07 04:10:21PM

This hint should absolutely NOT be applied before checking with your carrier. In the US, messages over the email gateway are charged as SMS messages (by most carriers -- I have personal experience with Cingular, Sprint, and T-Mobile), so even if you have an unlimited data plan you may still be hit with excess charges with this method.

I set up an email forwarding mechanism during my last trip (on my mail server, not in Mail.app), and specifically bumped up my monthly SMS usage to handle the load. Otherwise, you're looking at $0.10 an email.

If you really want push email over an unlimited data connection, try an IM client, which can be fed announcements via AppleScript.



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Forward email to a phone in Mail.app
Authored by: macmonkey on Jan 10, '07 10:21:27AM

Do tell, how does one do the email IM trick? Always open to the cheaper option!

Thanks,
David



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