Comments on: Email as a gateway

By: Jana

Jana — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:01:55 +0000

Spike-thanks for the text info. Cingular is AT&T again…was/is/whatever….so the last part of that is txt.att.net instead of cingularme.com (or at least that’s what my cell number returns for an addy)

By: MarkW

MarkW — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:23:12 +0000

@Spike – check out voicemail from http://www.youmail.com; that service can transcribe your voicemail messages and then email them to an address of your choosing.

Is there an email gateway that will create a JPEG image from an HTML/PDF/DOC/PPT/PDF etc attachment? If so, that would be a quick way for Peek uses to view many additional file formats.

By: spike

spike — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:31:53 +0000

I use this list to initiate sending email to SMS and them SMS to email back. I say initiate because many times I must first send them an email via SMS in order for the other person to communicate back – via replying to my sent message. Often, people are unable to initiate an SMS to email, but usually have no problem when replying to something I’ve sent them first.

Of course I have to ask them which carrier they use. Kind of invasive and a pain sometimes.

T-Mobile: phonenumber@tmomail.net
Virgin Mobile: phonenumber@vmobl.com
Cingular: phonenumber@cingularme.com
Sprint: phonenumber@messaging.sprintpcs.com
Verizon: phonenumber@vtext.com
Nextel: phonenumber@messaging.nextel.com

where phonenumber = your 10 digit phone number

And here’s a link with more carriers and more in-depth information:

http://www.sms411.net/2006/07/how-to-send-email-to-phone.html

By: Opie

Opie — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 05:39:20 +0000

http://Ping.fm/ works completely via an email gateway.

By: Derek

Derek — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:17:40 +0000

I’ve recently been using MessageDance for twittering via Peek. Pretty convenient central point of integration for posting to Facebook, Twitter, etc. Could use some help on their name though: http://www.messagedance.com

By: Simon Goetz

Simon Goetz — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:49:12 +0000

I agree. If Spike’s wishes could be granted by the kind engineers at Peek (or by the tireless hackers), and I could get all calls directed to voicemail and then converted to text, I would give up my cellphone entirely. If someone finds a solution, email me and I’ll buy you an ice cream sunday. I’ll also jump up and down until the tenant below me bangs on the ceiling with her mop handle.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:36:24 +0000

Fascinating, we looked at teleflip a while back to enable email to SMS (and visa versa). We will definitely look more into this.

By: spike

spike — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:32:09 +0000

Not a big fan of subsequent posts, but here it is:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleflip

TeleFlip / FlipMail is… WAS the solution I am looking for. Unfortunately, they are now defunct. I would LOVE for Peek to:

1. Buy this technology
2. Reduce their monthly charge to $10-$15 w/o TeleFlip / Flipmail
3. Charge $5-$10 for TeleFlip / FlipMail.

By: John

John — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:20:45 +0000

Spike… if you have Vonage they offer this type of service. Every voicemail can get converted to text and emailed to a designated account.

By: spike

spike — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:03:52 +0000

Well, here’s what I want but haven’t found a solution for yet. I want a person to be able to call MY number (or, say there’s a phone number associated with my Peek – Maybe a T-Mobile number?). I want them to hear a greeting made by me inviting them to leave me a voicemail. Then I want a service to take that voicemail, convert it to text, and email it to me so that I can view it on my Peek.