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| Joe Dirt 2006-10-11, 10:33 am |
| Question for the group. If I send a text message from one T-Mobile number
to another T-Mobile number and the receiving party is "out of area",
meaning not in the service area or has their phone turned off; how long
does the system keep trying to resend the text message? I know there has
to be a time out at some point, but does anybody know what that is?
TIA
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| Kristian M Zoerhoff 2006-10-11, 10:33 am |
| In article <pan.2006.10.11.14.51.13.650798@nowhere.net>, nobody@nowhere.net
says...
> Question for the group. If I send a text message from one T-Mobile number
> to another T-Mobile number and the receiving party is "out of area",
> meaning not in the service area or has their phone turned off; how long
> does the system keep trying to resend the text message? I know there has
> to be a time out at some point, but does anybody know what that is?
Typically 72 hours.
<http://support.t-mobile.com/knowbas...ic/tm20332.htm?
A2L. SERVICE=Text_messagi
ng>
OR
<http://tinyurl.com/hel29>
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| VinceM 2006-10-11, 10:33 am |
| On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 14:50:27 +0000, Kristian M Zoerhoff wrote:
> In article <pan.2006.10.11.14.51.13.650798@nowhere.net>, nobody@nowhere.net
> says...
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> Typically 72 hours.
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> <http://support.t-mobile.com/knowbas...ic/tm20332.htm?
> A2L. SERVICE=Text_messagi
ng>
>
> OR
>
> <http://tinyurl.com/hel29>
Thanks Kristian. I've seen significantly different results lately. I've
sent text messages that have disappeared in less than 12 hours and never
got to the intended number. I'm wondering if the 72 hours is under
optimal conditions. I.E. there is too much text message traffic on the
server and it starts deleting older messages.
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| Kristian M Zoerhoff 2006-10-11, 12:33 pm |
| In article <pan.2006.10.11.15.24.47.557294@nospam.verizon.net>,
res003hvnospam@nospa
m.verizon.net says...
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> Thanks Kristian. I've seen significantly different results lately. I've
> sent text messages that have disappeared in less than 12 hours and never
> got to the intended number. I'm wondering if the 72 hours is under
> optimal conditions. I.E. there is too much text message traffic on the
> server and it starts deleting older messages.
Probably so. Naturally, nothing about text messaging is guaranteed.
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__o Kristian Zoerhoff
_'\(,_ kristian.zoerhoff@gmail.com
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| John Richards 2006-10-11, 12:33 pm |
| "Joe Dirt" <nobody@nowhere.net> wrote in message news:pan.2006.10.11.14.51.13.650798@nowhere.net...
> Question for the group. If I send a text message from one T-Mobile number
> to another T-Mobile number and the receiving party is "out of area",
> meaning not in the service area or has their phone turned off; how long
> does the system keep trying to resend the text message? I know there has
> to be a time out at some point, but does anybody know what that is?
Incidentally, your PC's clock is almost 4 miutes fast, which caused
one of the replies to sort before your original post.
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John Richards
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| >>>how long does the system keep trying to resend the text
> Thanks Kristian. I've seen significantly different results lately.
> I've sent text messages that have disappeared in less than 12 hours
> and never got to the intended number. I'm wondering if the 72 hours
> is under optimal conditions. I.E. there is too much text message
> traffic on the server and it starts deleting older messages.
It may also depend on phone configuration. I use an unbranded unlocked
phone (read: no carrier specific configs hardcoded) and in the setup for
SMS there's a "Validity Period" option, which in my case can be either
1hr, 12hrs, 1day, 1week or network maximum. If your phone has this option
and if it's honored by t-mobiles network, and if it's set to something
like 1hr or 12hrs - you may see the result you are describing. I always
set it to network max, though I never cared to find out what that maximum
actually is...
LEM
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