the verizon address supplied is for pix messages only.

to send a text message, use 1234567890@vtext.com

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I got an applescript error when trying to run that script in leopard.

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Did you paste the code from the blog? There was an issue with wordpress automatically converting quotes to fancy quotes but now it is fixed.

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We've been doing this at work on our Nextel phones for a long time now. For Nextel use:

1234567890@messaging.nextel.com


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I would love to have the same kind of service in France. Does any one knows one?

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I do this just by directly emailing the phone numbers with the above listed suffixes. all the providers have email to text gateways that convert the email to a text.

So the teleflip part isnt needed in most cases.

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there is a quicksilver telefilp plug-in available, which correctly parses all addressbook entries.

...but be careful, as teleflip adds a whopping 39 or so characters to your text message, plus the number of characters of your e-mail address. so don't write a novel.

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I was looking for something similar to this to take Fax numbers and use Internet Fax services such as Jfax, Efax, Maxemail etc. The address would be some thing like 18885551212@maxemailsend.com where 18885551212 is the fax number of the contact. However, I am not sure if I want to add a site specific info like Maxemail - or Teleflip in this case - to every one of my contacts. If the site/company goes out of business, I'm left with all these e-mail addresses that I would have to change manually or write another script.

Would a better solution be to use an Addressbook plug-in to do this on the fly ? - so that I can click on a fax number ( mobile number in your case) and choose "send Fax/Teleflip via e-mail to". The plug-in could just do the parsing etc on the fly and create an e-mail in Mail?
AM

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That would be cool but the point of this script was more for being able to send free SMS's via an iPhone/Blackberry.

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I use a service in Australia - messagenet.net.au - which requires the same mobilenumber@their.server format and hacked together a plugin to do exactly what you described. Feel free to use/modify/etc.:

using terms from application "Address Book"
	on action property
		return "phone"
	end action property
	
	on action title for aPerson with aPhone
		return "SMS With MessageNet"
	end action title
	
	on should enable action for aPerson with aPhone
		return true
	end should enable action
	
	on perform action for aPerson with aPhone
		set fullName to (name of aPerson as string)
		
		set telephone to ""
		if value of aPhone is not missing value then set telephone to value of aPhone
		
		-- TODO Remove any non-number characters from the string
		-- Hack for now: Remove spaces
		set AppleScript's text item delimiters to " "
		set telephone to telephone's text items
		set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
		set telephone to "" & telephone
		set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {""}
		
		set emailAddress to telephone & "@messagenet.com.au"
		
		-- display dialog "'" & fullName & "' - '" & emailAddress & "'"
		
		tell application "Mail"
			set newMessage to make new outgoing message with properties {subject:fullName & " <" & emailAddress & ">", content:""}
			tell newMessage
				make new to recipient at end of to recipients with properties {address:emailAddress, name:fullName}
				set visible to true
			end tell
			activate
		end tell
	end perform action
end using terms from

Ricky

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