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laserone · 12-07-2007, 03:00 PM

I agree that the lack of copy/paste is nuts as is the inability to send a text message to more than one person at a time. I tried the phonenumber@txt.att.net thing in email and it didn't work. (I included the 1, maybe that's why.) [Ok, dropping the 1 worked. But replies come in as emails and not sms. Oh well.]

Originally Posted by sphynxdra

iPaul I believe the people above are talking about adding a e-mail entry with each person's phone e-mail to all of your contacts and sending mass text messages through the mail app. For instance for all your AT&T contacts you'd need a e-mail like this: phonenumber@txt.att.net. I've tried this and it works. It is a pain trying to figure out which mobile service provider all of your contacts have and adding a e-mail to each contact. Also I don't really know what is the maximum number of people you can send a message to through the mail app. However, this is a viable (albeit painful) workaround until they fix this. And there is also the benefit of not having to pay for each individual text message.

12-07-2007, 03:00 PM	#9 (permalink)
laserone Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I agree that the lack of copy/paste is nuts as is the inability to send a text message to more than one person at a time. I tried the phonenumber@txt.att.net thing in email and it didn't work. (I included the 1, maybe that's why.) [Ok, dropping the 1 worked. But replies come in as emails and not sms. Oh well.] Originally Posted by sphynxdra iPaul I believe the people above are talking about adding a e-mail entry with each person's phone e-mail to all of your contacts and sending mass text messages through the mail app. For instance for all your AT&T contacts you'd need a e-mail like this: phonenumber@txt.att.net. I've tried this and it works. It is a pain trying to figure out which mobile service provider all of your contacts have and adding a e-mail to each contact. Also I don't really know what is the maximum number of people you can send a message to through the mail app. However, this is a viable (albeit painful) workaround until they fix this. And there is also the benefit of not having to pay for each individual text message.