How to receive picture messages

If someone sends me a pic message should I receive an email link?
It is not working for me. Do I have to set this up?

It's not an email link. Its a link to a website: viewmymessage.com

It does not need to be set up. They will send you a userID and a password in the text message. The site, however, does not always work.

I had my sister send me a few and I get nothing at all. She is not AT&T. Do you think that makes a difference?

Nope, it shouldnt.

She is sending you MMS messages?

yes. The same way she would with my old phone.

Then you should receive an SMS message sending you to a website. It will have a userID and a password.

My phone does not receive them either. I called AT&T and tried to get them to set it up and they won't do it.

I am assuming the OP has the same problem as me. If friend 1 sends me a text, I receive it. If friend 2 sends me a picture message, I receive nothing... no go to viewmymessage.com like I used to get on my iphone v1. My fiance does not receive them either on her 3g. Nothing comes across. You could send me 15 picture messages and I will never receive any notification of it.

i dont get mms( view my message ) on my 3g either . i have a friend that sends me mms sometimes and she has to send them to my att workphone but.............................. if i forward them from my work phone to my 3g i get the viewmymessage text ......hmmmm

Yes, because you can't get/view MMS - just look here.

Thats not what they're saying. They're saying they don't get the link to viewmymessage.com.

As to the posters, I have no idea why you wouldnt get the link. I have gotten the link since day 1 with my 3G.

Okay - I missed that part...it's late in Denmark now...

thanks for the input. I am going to make an appointment at the local apple store here and see if they know why. It's just odd to me.

I never got that "viewmymessage" text either whenever I was sent an MMS message...

I don't get viewmymessage links either. I've been w/ AT&T for 6 years w/ no media package until I bought my iPhone. Now I spend twice the money per month and can't get an mms. Doesn't that seem wrong?

That's How it is. It sucks but hopefully sometime in the near Update we'll get that. and you can go to www.getyourmms.com to have the picture maile to you since you won't be able to save it once you get viewmymessage going.

I had a iPhone 2G since feb08. I just sold it and purchased the iPhone 3G. I have never received the link on my 2G iPhone. Now I receive it on my 3G iPhone. Seems weird....

I don't get why we have to go to a website at all? All non-iPhones I've had you could receive and view the picture right there on your phone.

Because Apple decided we did not need MMS functionality on the iPhone. However...there is a work around. Email. You can email a mms message to a phone number, you just need to know what carrier they are on. You can also tell your friends to send picture messages to your email address. This will work with their messaging plans and will not require them to have a data plan.

I am too lazy so I just told everyone I know that if they plan on sending me pictures from their phones to send it in email rather than MMS... problem solved.. lol