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John Savage wrote:

> In the SEND TEXT options of the Nokia, I've never used the SEND TEXT
> AS EMAIL option. I hesitate to try it in case I get price shock in
> the next bill, and I've never seen anyone talk about the facility. 
> Is it functional on most networks?

No, and certainly not operational in Australia.  I see that among
the international implementations was "Vodafone:m@il", and it
lasted only a few years.

If you search for that, keep it in quotes to retain the
significance of the ":" and "@" characters.

> Can it be expected "to just work" out of the box, or does it need
> to set up for the particular network or provider? 

Vodafone:m@il needed to be set up with a subscription paid for
incoming email-to-SMS traffic.  The email address of the
destination phone was <mobile-number>@vodafone.net>.

A google search for "SMS to email" might find some operators
still offering the service.  There was one in the UK which was
free in the SMS -> email direction, and I used them on a few
occasions.  I've since lost the number, and they'd stick an
advert for somebody into the email in lieu of its being
user-pays.

The text format was as per GSM 03.40:

	[<to-email-address><space>]<message>

> Is it the same cost as a standard SMS? Always? Does the email address
> get counted in the 160 chars?

Yes and yes (at least in the case of the one-way service I used),
bearing in mind that international SMSs are generally dearer
than national these days.

> Is delivery likely to be more reliable than sending the message as an
> SMS to an overseas destination? I figure that once the message hits the
> internet, it stands an excellent chance of being delivered, whereas
> SMS seems to require a myriad of individual network agreements and
> two-way SMS between specific phones is far from guaranteed.

Agreed.

John