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Texting in Win 10 to/from a person with a comcast.net email
Is there a way to do texting from a Win 10 computer to/from a person
with a comcast account? That person should be able to use whatever messaging app she already is using. I.e., no Skype, etc. required. Thanks. |
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Texting in Win 10 to/from a person with a comcast.net email
On 12/9/2017 6:41 PM, Alek wrote:
Is there a way to do texting from a Win 10 computer to/from a person with a comcast account? That person should be able to use whatever messaging app she already is using. I.e., no Skype, etc. required. Thanks. If by texting you mean as you would do from one cell phone to another, then the answer is; YES! While I beleive there is some standardization, I use this website to check to insure I have the correct address. https://www.freesmsgateway.info/ Once you enter the phone number of your contact, you then place the resulting email address in the TO: window of you normal email program. Once you write the message, you send it like any other email. NOTE: since text messages are suppose to be short, it you have a large signature in your standard email it is best to remove it before sending it to a limited capacity phone. -- 2017: The year we learn to play the great game of Euchre |
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Texting in Win 10 to/from a person with a comcast.net email
Keith Nuttle wrote on 12/9/2017 6:49 PM:
On 12/9/2017 6:41 PM, Alek wrote: Is there a way to do texting from a Win 10 computer to/from a person with a comcast account? That person should be able to use whatever messaging app she already is using. I.e., no Skype, etc. required. Thanks. If by texting you mean as you would do from one cell phone to another, then the answer is; YES! While I beleive there is some standardization, I use this website to check to insure I have the correct address. https://www.freesmsgateway.info/ Once you enter the phone number of your contact, you then place the resulting email address in the TO: window of you normal email program. Once you write the message, you send it like any other email. NOTE: since text messages are suppose to be short, it you have a large signature in your standard email it is best to remove it before sending it to a limited capacity phone. Super! Thanks. |
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Texting in Win 10 to/from a person with a comcast.net email
Alek wrote:
Is there a way to do texting from a Win 10 computer to/from a person with a comcast account? That person should be able to use whatever messaging app she already is using. I.e., no Skype, etc. required. Thanks. Why do you need to *text* to an e-mail account? It's already a text-based service. You give no idea what SERVICE the recipient is using that you want to target. A Comcast account has access to MANY services. You send your text to a service, not to an account. Does the recipient have a full-service phone number? That includes texting service. Does the recipient have their Connect app installed on their smartphone? If so, you text to that phone number (just like you do with cell phone numbers where the recipient has texting service) and it will show up in the Connect app. You will need to find out what services at Comcast the recipient uses to know if you can text to them. You cannot text to them just because they have an /account/. |
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Texting in Win 10 to/from a person with a comcast.net email
On 09 Dec 2017, Keith Nuttle wrote in
alt.comp.os.windows-10: If by texting you mean as you would do from one cell phone to another, then the answer is; YES! While I beleive there is some standardization, I use this website to check to insure I have the correct address. https://www.freesmsgateway.info/ Once you enter the phone number of your contact, you then place the resulting email address in the TO: window of you normal email program. Once you write the message, you send it like any other email. It worked! I guess I knew it was possible, but I didn't know the method. I can send a message via email that arrives on my phone as a text message, and my reply to the text arrives back home as an email. I don't think I'll use this much, but it's nice to know it can be done. |
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Texting in Win 10 to/from a person with a comcast.net email
VanguardLH wrote on 12/10/2017 12:08 AM:
Alek wrote: Is there a way to do texting from a Win 10 computer to/from a person with a comcast account? That person should be able to use whatever messaging app she already is using. I.e., no Skype, etc. required. Thanks. Why do you need to *text* to an e-mail account? Because I don't have a Windows 10 app that exchanges text messages with a person who uses a stock Apple or Android text message app. The person I send to receives it as a text message, not an email. |
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Texting in Win 10 to/from a person with a comcast.net email
On Sat, 9 Dec 2017 18:49:54 -0500, Keith Nuttle wrote:
On 12/9/2017 6:41 PM, Alek wrote: Is there a way to do texting from a Win 10 computer to/from a person with a comcast account? That person should be able to use whatever messaging app she already is using. I.e., no Skype, etc. required. Thanks. If by texting you mean as you would do from one cell phone to another, then the answer is; YES! While I beleive there is some standardization, I use this website to check to insure I have the correct address. https://www.freesmsgateway.info/ Once you enter the phone number of your contact, you then place the resulting email address in the TO: window of you normal email program. Once you write the message, you send it like any other email. NOTE: since text messages are suppose to be short, it you have a large signature in your standard email it is best to remove it before sending it to a limited capacity phone. USA/Canada only? |
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Texting in Win 10 to/from a person with a comcast.net email
On Sun, 10 Dec 2017 01:40:37 -0500, Alek wrote:
VanguardLH wrote on 12/10/2017 12:08 AM: Alek wrote: Is there a way to do texting from a Win 10 computer to/from a person with a comcast account? That person should be able to use whatever messaging app she already is using. I.e., no Skype, etc. required. Thanks. Why do you need to *text* to an e-mail account? Because I don't have a Windows 10 app that exchanges text messages with a person who uses a stock Apple or Android text message app. The person I send to receives it as a text message, not an email. Yes, the site linked to is clear enough on that. Useful if the person you're sending to has access to sms but not email. |
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Texting in Win 10 to/from a person with a comcast.net email
On 12/09/2017 06:41 PM, Alek wrote:
Is there a way to do texting from a Win 10 computer to/from a person with a comcast account? That person should be able to use whatever messaging app she already is using. I.e., no Skype, etc. required. Thanks. Pushbullet. There is an app for the phone https://play.google.com/store/apps/d....android&hl=en and then an add-on for browsers. https://www.pushbullet.com/ You have to have your phone setup so when you text from your PC, it uses your phone to really send the text. And text messages from anyone coming to your phone comes to your PC as well. Drawback is that you have to have the browser that has the add-on running, otherwise you don't get the notifications or text. But if you launch your browser after hearing the phone ring, it will update on your PC and show the messages. I use it a lot if I'm trying to have a long detailed text conversation. Easier to type on the phone. |
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Texting in Win 10 to/from a person with a comcast.net email
Big Al wrote on 12/10/2017 9:47 AM:
On 12/09/2017 06:41 PM, Alek wrote: Is there a way to do texting from a Win 10 computer to/from a person with a comcast account? That person should be able to use whatever messaging app she already is using. I.e., no Skype, etc. required. Thanks. Pushbullet. There is an app for the phone https://play.google.com/store/apps/d....android&hl=en and then an add-on for browsers. https://www.pushbullet.com/ You have to have your phone setup so when you text from your PC, it uses your phone to really send the text. And text messages from anyone coming to your phone comes to your PC as well. Drawback is that you have to have the browser that has the add-on running, otherwise you don't get the notifications or text. But if you launch your browser after hearing the phone ring, it will update on your PC and show the messages. I use it a lot if I'm trying to have a long detailed text conversation. Easier to type on the phone. There is also MightyText. Doesn't require an add-on. |
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Texting in Win 10 to/from a person with a comcast.net email
Alek wrote:
VanguardLH wrote: Alek wrote: Is there a way to do texting from a Win 10 computer to/from a person with a comcast account? That person should be able to use whatever messaging app she already is using. I.e., no Skype, etc. required. Why do you need to *text* to an e-mail account? Because I don't have a Windows 10 app that exchanges text messages with a person who uses a stock Apple or Android text message app. The person I send to receives it as a text message, not an email. Presumably by "Apple or Android" you mean a smartphone running iOS or Android. Presumably their cellular service includes texting (don't know any that don't but it's possible). Send an e-mail to their phone number. You didn't mention who is their cellular provider. Different providers have slightly different target e-mail addresses for sending texts to their customers. For example, below is AT&T's article on how to text their cellular customer by you sending an e-mail: https://www.att.com/esupport/article...less/KM1061254 Doing a simple online search on: https://www.google.com/search?q=send...phone%20number found, for example: https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile...l-to-sms-text/ That article shows the postfix you add to the recipient's phone number for the different cellular carriers. Unlike e-mails that have a quota on an account in megabytes for total storage and usually a maximum size per message (e.g., 25-50 MB), you cannot send huge messages using texting. See: http://www.textanywhere.net/faq/is-t...message-length or https://www.google.com/search?q=maximum+length+text 160 characters is the max size of a single text. How a carrier handles larger texts (whether they slice them up or not and by what size) seems to differ a bit. If the recipient can receive texts, why are they unable to receive e-mails? Apple (iOS) and Android devices usually come with a bundled e-mail client and there are several free ones at the Stores. My Android phones came with the Gmail app (and an E-mail app that I never use) but instead I use Microsoft's free Outlook app. Those e-mail apps can connect to various e-mail providers, even free ones. So your recipient can get e-mails from you hence eliminating the restriction on message size (and e-mails can have attachments, too). You texting recipient CAN do e-mail so why do they refuse to use e-mail? Why can't you install a free text/SMS app on your Windows 10 host? https://www.google.com/search?q=windows+10+text+app found: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/stor...g/9wzdncrfjbq6 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/stor...g/9wzdncrfhwdc Looks like they assume your device has cellular service so texting would be via your cellular provider. No information on what type of device you are using Windows 10 or, if capable, if you incorporate a cellular service on that device. |
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Texting in Win 10 to/from a person with a comcast.net email
On 12/9/2017 9:58 PM, Nil wrote:
On 09 Dec 2017, Keith Nuttle wrote in alt.comp.os.windows-10: If by texting you mean as you would do from one cell phone to another, then the answer is; YES! While I beleive there is some standardization, I use this website to check to insure I have the correct address. https://www.freesmsgateway.info/ Once you enter the phone number of your contact, you then plyouace the resulting email address in the TO: window of you normal email program. Once you write the message, you send it like any other email. It worked! I guess I knew it was possible, but I didn't know the method. I can send a message via email that arrives on my phone as a text message, and my reply to the text arrives back home as an email. I don't think I'll use this much, but it's nice to know it can be done. I use it once in a while (ATT/Comcast/Samsung phone), but replies only come to email address so you have to be waiting at your pc. Replies don't come back to your phone. You have to start a new text from your phone to get replies back to your phone. But, it is useful if you don't have your phone with you. |
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Texting in Win 10 to/from a person with a comcast.net email
On 12/9/2017 4:19 PM, Alek wrote:
Keith Nuttle wrote on 12/9/2017 6:49 PM: On 12/9/2017 6:41 PM, Alek wrote: Is there a way to do texting from a Win 10 computer to/from a person with a comcast account? That person should be able to use whatever messaging app she already is using. I.e., no Skype, etc. required. Thanks. If by texting you mean as you would do from one cell phone to another, then the answer is; YES! While I beleive there is some standardization, I use this website to check to insure I have the correct address. https://www.freesmsgateway.info/ Once you enter the phone number of your contact, you then place the resulting email address in the TO: window of you normal email program. Once you write the message, you send it like any other email. NOTE: since text messages are suppose to be short, it you have a large signature in your standard email it is best to remove it before sending it to a limited capacity phone. Super! Thanks. Note that not only can you send texts (SMS), but you can also send MMS (group and picture messages). Sometimes I'll have a picture on my laptop that I don't want to have to send to my phone to forward to another phone user, so I send directly from my laptop to the phone user. |
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