While dumping the alt.cellular.sprintpcs bit bucket, I heard John Holmes
say:
> "Dutch" <buryit@blackholespam.net> wrote in message
> news:3njsxm57xm3b$.dlg@blackholespam.net...
>> While dumping the alt.cellular.sprintpcs bit bucket, I heard John Holmes
>> say:
>>
>>> Last night, just before midnight, I received a SPAM text message as
>>> follows:
>>>
[...]
>>> Anyone know what's going on???
>>
>> I believe the majority of the text spam originates as email sent through
>> one of the many SMS mail-to-text gateways, likely just using sequential
>> numbering. The cost to send it is so low that the spammers don't care if
>> a lot of the addresses bounce. Since I pay per message, I've blocked
>> most of the major gateways in my SMS filter using my online Sprint
>> account's "Message Settings". Here's the list that I have blocked so
>> far:
>>
>> cingularme.com
>> email.uscc.net
>> ivctext.com
>> lolatext.com
>> message.alltel.com
>> message.sprintpcs.com
>> msg.acsalaska.com
>> mymetropcs.com
>> nmode.com
>> pcs.rogers.com
>> qwestmp.com
>> sms.sasktel.com
>> teleflip.com
>> tmomail.net
>> txt.att.net
>> utext.com
>> vmobil.com
>> vmobile.ca
>> vtext.com
>> vzwpix.com
>>
>> Since I've blocked those gateways, the only text messages I've gotten
>> are free ones from Sprint CS.
>
> Where id this setting? I did not see it on the Sprint Web Site.
I log in to my account, and then click on "View My Online Tools" on the
right side center of the page. Next, in the "Communication Tools"
section on the left, I click on "Open Text Messaging", and then
"Settings & Preferences" in the "Text Messaging Options" box to get to
the "SMS Text Messaging" entry box. Each domain has to be added
individually, but that's not much work for the relief from spam it
gives... :-)
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Dutch
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