Let’s review: Sending free SMS text messages in Yahoo! Messenger
July 8, 2009 on 2:04 pm | In Uncategorized | 128 Comments
This is one of those features that I tell people is in Yahoo! Messenger and they inevitably say, “Really?”. Yes, really! Rather than using your mobile phone to send SMS text messages, you can send them for free from Yahoo! Messenger.
When you send an SMS message from Yahoo! Messenger, replies from your friends come back to you in Messenger, making it a quick and convenient way to chat with your friends when they’re not online. This feature is available in all of our versions – 9.0 for Windows, Messenger for Mac, Yahoo! Messenger for the Web, iPhone and even in the chat features in Yahoo! Mail.
If you’re using Yahoo! Messenger 9.0, it’s as easy as right-clicking on a contact and choosing “Send SMS message…”. If you don’t have a mobile number stored for that contact, you’ll be asked to enter it. You can also send SMS messages to people who aren’t in your contact list or address book. Go to the Actions menu and select “Send an SMS message…” (or hit Ctrl + T on your keyboard). A menu pops up asking you to select the contact you want to SMS. At that point click the “Other contact” tab and type in the mobile number.
In Yahoo! Messenger for the Mac, select a contact in your list, then go to the “Contacts” menu and select “Send SMS…”. You can also right click on a contact to get started. You’ll also notice a “Voice and SMS” button in the IM window. You can click on that to send an SMS. Or to send to a mobile number that’s not in your contact list, go to the File menu and select “New SMS…” (or hit Shift + Command + N on your keyboard).
In Yahoo! Messenger for the Web, you’ll notice an additional group in your contact list named “Mobile Contacts”. This will list all the friends in your address book that have a mobile number. Just click one to get started. If you want to send to mobile number that’s not in your list, just type it into the “Find Contacts” bar near the top and hit Enter on yout keyboard. This will start a new IM window where you can type in and send your SMS message.
When you’re on your iPhone, launch the Yahoo! Messenger for iPhone app and start a conversation with a friend. Then tap the “IM” icon to the left of the text box to change it to “SMS”. Type your message and send. You can also tap the “New Message” icon in the app and in the To: field, type in a mobile phone number to get started. Watch the SMS portion of the iPhone demo video
And finally, you can also send SMS messages from Yahoo! Mail. When you’re signed into the new Yahoo! Mail, click a friend in your “Contacts” list on the left side. This will open a new chat window. In the upper right of that window you’ll notice a series of three icons – one for Mail, one for chat and one for mobile. Click on the mobile icon to convert your chat to an SMS text message instead.
In Yahoo! Mail Classic, you’ll notice a second group in the chat module on the left hand side named “Mobile Contacts”. Open that group to select a contact. Or, click the “New text” link at the bottom of the module to send an SMS message to a mobile number that’s not in your list.
It’s free to send SMS messages from Yahoo! Messenger but note that the friends who receive your messages may be subject to fees depending on their carrier and data plan. SMS message sending is supported by Yahoo! Messenger in the following countries and carriers:
United States: AT&T, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile
Canada: Rogers, Fido
India: Vodaphone Essar, Airtel, Spice, Escotel, Reliance
Indonesia: XL, Indosat, Hutch 3, Telkomsel
Malaysia: Celcom, DiGi
Philippines: Globe, Smart
Thailand: AIS, DTAC
Vietnam: Mobifone, Viettel, Vinaphone, S-Fone, HT, EVN
Sarah Bacon
Product Manager
What id I’m from Canada, and I want to send a SMS to my friend in Viet Nam. We both have cell phones with the supported carriers in the list. Is there any additional dial preffixes we need to add before the local number?
Comment by Viet — July 8, 2009 #
Sarah,
Id like to point out some things you might want to point out to your dev team. One, You need the ability to change your name on sms. I use the screen name svr350z and when i send a text alot of people disregaurd it because it shows up that way instead of my name. Of course, Once i explain to them its from me they accept but it would be nice to have that option.
Secondly, You might want to ask the dev team to add the sms as a separte / side part of messengar. The fact is, Alot of people dont know they can use sms because its almost hidden.
i LOVE this app and it works great but those things to me would be a big bonus.
Comment by SyNisT3R — July 8, 2009 #
This is awesome I knew about it but forgot about it.
Comment by Unveiled Entertainment — July 8, 2009 #
This is going to be cool…particularly if messages from my phone will be counted as SMS’s instead of data. I get free text, but data costs.
One oddity I’ve noticed with the new build is that the “Last message recieved on” and the “suchandsuch is typing” thing is no longer in the bottom margin of the messenger window, but in the window itself…It’s ANNOYING there. I want the option to put it back on the bottom of the window, where it belongs!
Comment by meowwl — July 9, 2009 #
@Viet,
Yes– You do need to add the country code for International numbers.
Country codes:
USA +1
Canada +1
India +91
Singapore +65
Thailand +66
Malaysia +60
Philippines +63
Vietnam +84
For a full list of country codes please go here: http://wikitravel.org/en/List_of_country_calling_codes
-Melissa
Comment by Melissa Daniels — July 9, 2009 #
Sarah i really like the new Y! Messenger 10 (10.0.0.331-us) but you really should make a new interface for it like y mess for vista and i dont understand why video call and voice call is deactivated? And more languages like Hungarian ,Romanian and Russian.
Comment by John — July 9, 2009 #
This is going to be cool…particularly if messages from my phone will be counted as SMS’s instead of data. I get free text, but data costs.
Comment by tasneemsultana67 — July 11, 2009 #
Would a Mexican carrier be added anytime soon?
Comment by alex_mayorga — July 14, 2009 #
@alex_mayorga,
At this time I don’t know of any plans to add a Mexican carrier.
Sarah Bacon
Comment by Administrator — July 14, 2009 #
Hello, so I am living in Germany and am texting friends in the states. Would there be any extra charges for them besides the normal text rate?? We text back and forth a lot and I don’t want to rack up their bills.
Comment by Alex — July 16, 2009 #
@Alex – No, there would not be any extra charges for your friends when you SMS/text them from Messenger. They would be subject to the same charges they normally are when receiving SMS messages.
Sarah Bacon
Comment by Administrator — July 16, 2009 #
in sending sms we can surely send our message
that we want to say………
But you know what hindi pa ako nag try mag send gamit ang yahoo messenger.Kaya ngayon susubukan kong mag send ng message para maptunayan ko na talagang use ful ito.
Comment by mary ann — July 17, 2009 #
hello i am rahul and i send free sms for mobile
Comment by rahul sahu — July 21, 2009 #
I am going to be traveling in the USA from Canada. Rogers is my carrier. When I receive an SMS what will I be charged? What will it cost to send an SMS back to Canada? I currently have a plan that offers unlimited received, and 2500 sent, and I also have a data plan on my Blackberry. Rates are much higher when using the cell phone from the USA, so I am looking for a cheaper alternative than 75 cents to send and 15 cents to recieve.
Comment by Mark — July 21, 2009 #
@Mark – you need to check with Rogers on that. SMS charges can vary greatly when you get outside of your home country. There is no additional surcharge from Yahoo! to deliver to you so whatever they charge you for delivery to your phone while you’re in the US is what it will cost.
Sarah Bacon
Comment by Administrator — July 21, 2009 #
not working in kosovo
Comment by Aldo — July 21, 2009 #
I am from Malaysia and I am using digi, I tried yahoo sms test messages on my cell phone. I was not being charged for the message i sent in my cell phone. However, will I be charged in my internet?
Comment by Zhen Liang — July 21, 2009 #
I tried sending myself a text with the messenger to see if I would be charged, and i wasn’t. However, I received the message while my sim memory was full, so the number from which i received the text asking me to reply “y” in order to receive texts was lost.
Is there any way i can receive that message again? Is my phone now impossible to text to from yahoo?
Thanks!
Comment by Kevin — July 23, 2009 #
@Kevin – I would try going to http://mobile.yahoo.com/ and going through the setup process again. You should be able to get it to fire off another verification SMS.
Sarah Bacon
Comment by Administrator — July 23, 2009 #
i’m here in germany and lately i found out that germany is already included in the country lists and lots more countries for messager on mobile phone. i tried to sign in but i didnt receive any SMS from yahoo. is this avaiable to different countries already?
Comment by jayem — July 26, 2009 #
@jayem – SMS messaging is not currently available in Germany. Per the original article, SMS messages can be sent from Yahoo! Messenger to users in the following countries and on these carriers:
United States: AT&T, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile
Canada: Rogers, Fido
India: Vodaphone Essar, Airtel, Spice, Escotel, Reliance
Indonesia: XL, Indosat, Hutch 3, Telkomsel
Malaysia: Celcom, DiGi
Philippines: Globe, Smart
Thailand: AIS, DTAC
Vietnam: Mobifone, Viettel, Vinaphone, S-Fone, HT, EVN
Sarah Bacon
Comment by Administrator — July 27, 2009 #
I sent a text message to a friends phone from Yahoo Mail (two friends actually). They responded to the text, but I have not received it or notification of any kind. Is there something else I need to do?
Comment by M.L. — July 30, 2009 #
@M.L. – No, you shouldn’t need to do anything else. Just to be clear, you need to stay in Yahoo! Mail to receive the reply messages from your friends. You can’t jump back to the client from Mail and expect receive them there. Hope that clarifies.
Sarah Bacon
Comment by Administrator — July 31, 2009 #
im in the middle east and i want to contact the states do they charge the reciever?
Comment by renee — July 31, 2009 #
@Renee – Yes, your friend that receives your text message will be charged their normal fees for doing so. Your friend may want to check if there are any additional fees for receiving a text from the Middle East and replying to it. Hope that helps,
Sarah Bacon
Comment by Administrator — July 31, 2009 #
Thank you Sarah. I guessed that might be the case.
Comment by M.L. — July 31, 2009 #
is there away that you can recover old text messages that people sent u? I need to find something the electric went out and now can’t find message that the person wrote
Comment by bobbi — August 5, 2009 #
Can I add my name to the text I send? When my friends receive a text from me it show as a from number that they don’t reconize.
Comment by Dan — August 27, 2009 #
can i send an sms from my cell phone using hte ‘yahoo login’ to another user who has his cell linked to his yahoo messanger but is also using his cell?
so txting cell to cell, thru yahoo?
Comment by angela — August 29, 2009 #
Will Sprint ever be supported? I just switched to Sprint and now I realize I can’t receive SMS from Yahoo messenger like I used to.
Comment by Dan — September 3, 2009 #
doesn’t seem to work. i tried to send sms to a digi number in malaysia and i got errror message “Phone number +6016xxxxxxx is not currently served by our SMS messaging partners.”
Comment by kit — September 4, 2009 #
I know that it is free to send but what about the receive part if i send a sms to a friend in vietnam?
Comment by Dawn — September 7, 2009 #
@Dawn – the friend who receives your SMS message from Messenger is subject to any fees or charges that their carrier imposes for SMS text messaging.
Sarah Bacon
Comment by Administrator — September 8, 2009 #
So when my friend presses reply, it would reply directly to my messenger at no extra cost to me?
Comment by Jen — September 16, 2009 #
@Jen – Yes, that is correct.
Sarah Bacon
Comment by Administrator — September 16, 2009 #
I have used this feature previously but no when I log in to chat and attempt to send a sms message, it is not recognizing any of my previously successfully used cell numbers…..?
Comment by Martha — September 17, 2009 #
Just to confirm how this works for cost…
If a friend of mine sends me a text from within yahoo mail to my cell phone (I’m in canada on Fido service), then when I reply to it, how much am I charged?
Am I charged as a local text message when relpying or an international text message? I don’t see anyone else asking this question, which is odd, because I would have thought this is vital to know to determine whether its useful to use this feature or not. The number showing in the message I receive on my cell phone begins with +92xxxxxx. Its not a normal phone number, so something Yahoo specific I would guess. Is it an American number Yahoo uses to send from?
thanks
Comment by Alan — September 17, 2009 #
@Alan – When you reply to a SMS message sent from Yahoo! Messenger, your carrier charges for it as if it’s a local SMS message. The only exception to this is if you happen to be roaming at that time and are off your network.
Sarah Bacon
Comment by Administrator — September 17, 2009 #
Will it charge my friend any fee’s if she replys to my sms?she has At&t and she has unlimited texting..
Comment by jose — September 28, 2009 #
@Jose – When your friend replies to your Messenger SMS messages, she will be subject to any charges or fees associated with her plan. If her plan includes unlimited texting then her replies to you will fall under these same terms.
Sarah Bacon
Comment by Administrator — September 29, 2009 #
i am with Fido and I cannot receive messages from Yahoo but my daughter who also is with Fido can.. I have contacted them with no help at all.. any ideas as to why two people on the same plan one can and one can’t?
Comment by chan — October 10, 2009 #
Hey all…got a question if anyone can answer it?? I sent a few text messages to a cell phone through Yahoo! and then when I was finished, the only thing I could do then was hit the “X” button in the right hand corner. I want to keep the messages I sent to her or at least find the messages I sent to her, but I don’t know where or how???? Somebody please help?! =)
Comment by Tiffany — October 11, 2009 #
@Tiffany – Like regular IMs, SMS messages you send are stored in your archive. When you’re in Yahoo! Messenger go to the “Contacts” menu and choose “Message Archive”.
Sarah Bacon
Comment by Administrator — October 12, 2009 #
I live in the US and i have a friend in Taiwan i’m trying to text.
when i try to do it through yahoo, it says that the number format is invalid. i use the 886 country code, and then 9 for the cell phone and then the phone number.
I typed it in exactly as how it appears on my phone when she sends me a standard phone to phone SMS. but that costs an arm and a leg. How do i properly add the number?
Comment by Denn — October 20, 2009 #
I have yahoo messenger installed on my iphone and
learned that I can only send sms messages to rogers and fido networks, in canada. I was wondering, with the news that bell and telus will be adding a GSM network in Canada and offering the iphone, will yahoo messenger expand their services to offer sms messaging to bell and telus phones as well?…..that would be awesome!!!
Comment by Vlad — October 21, 2009 #
@Vlad – Thanks for the suggestion. I don’t know of any firm plans to add them at this time but I will pass along the request!
Sarah Bacon
Comment by Administrator — October 21, 2009 #
@Denn – I think you’re encountering problems because we don’t support sending SMS messages to Taiwan from Yahoo! Messenger. Yahoo! Messenger supports SMS messaging for the following countries and carriers:
•United States: AT&T, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile
•Canada: Rogers, Fido
•India: Vodaphone Essar, Airtel, Spice, Escotel, Reliance
•Indonesia: XL, Indosat, Hutch 3, Telkomsel
•Malaysia: Celcom, DiGi
•Philippines: Globe, Smart
•Thailand: AIS, DTAC
•Vietnam: Mobifone, Viettel, Vinaphone, S-Fone, HT, EVN
Comment by Administrator — October 21, 2009 #
I am using Yahoo Messenger on my iphone and Macbook Pro and love it. I have a question on receiving SMS messages from friends who aren’t signed up with Yahoo.
Can they send me an SMS text message? If so, how. I tried having a friend send but it gave an error saying there was no associated Yahoo ID.
Comment by Mike Farris — November 9, 2009 #
@Mike Farris – Hi Mike, Your friends can SMS you but only in reply to one you send from Yahoo! Messenger. And in order for a friend to receive your SMS from Yahoo! Messenger, they need to be on one of the networks we support. See this page for more information: http://messenger.yahoo.com/features/sms/
Sarah Bacon
Comment by Administrator — November 9, 2009 #
Thanks,
Appreciate the response. Is there a PDF somewhere I can download on using Messenger (particularly on my iPhone). I’m new to all of this and having trouble doing things that should be easy, such as adding contacts.
Comment by Mike Farris — November 9, 2009 #
@Mike Farris – Sorry, there is no online help for the Yahoo! Messenger for iPhone app, but there is online help for our desktop versions: http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/messenger/messenger10/index.html
The easiest way to add contacts is to use our Import Contacts wizard. You can find it at the link below or under the Contacts menu in the client.
http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite
Sarah Bacon
Comment by Administrator — November 9, 2009 #
When I am using the y messenger app on the phone, it downloads my emails. Don’t I get charged for that? I have unlimited texting but I am charged for data.
Comment by Gary Dykes — November 16, 2009 #
@Sarah Bacon
You mentioned that we have to append the international dialing code for international numbers. However everytime I add any number with a +, the system appends a 1 to the number and the message fails.
Example:
Number: 3555466
Country Code: 65
Mobile number contact: +653555466
The system changes this to 1653555466 when I try to send a message.
Comment by SMS — November 19, 2009 #
@Sarah Bacon
Meant to add that it only happens on the Web based Messenger within Yahoo Web Mail
Comment by SMS — November 19, 2009 #
someone sent me the 3 limit messages by instant messenger to my cellphone. However, I never replied to any of the messages and now their messages cant come to my phone (if im offline) unless I reply to one of the previous ones. I no longer have them, so how can I fix this so i can receive the messages
Comment by Marissa — November 28, 2009 #
hey when i m trying to send sms through this it writes ”Yahoo! Messenger cannot send SMS messages to this mobile number”,what does it mean,can it be solved
Comment by Raj — December 8, 2009 #
@Raj – Not every country and carrier is supported for SMS messaging from Yahoo! Messenger. See this page for the complete list of supported carriers:
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/messenger/messenger10/mobile/ms9tacarriermob.html
Sarah Bacon
Comment by Administrator — December 9, 2009 #
Okay I just want to clarify before i tell a friend… if i understand correctly since he received my text and sent a reply… he will not be charged because we are both in the US and he has unlimited text messaging… am i correct?? Thank you so much…
Comment by kay — December 13, 2009 #
@kay – Yes, if your friend has unlimited text messaging, then he won’t be charged anything additional for replying to your SMS messages that you send from Messenger. And the ones you send from Messenger are at no cost to you.
Sarah Bacon
Comment by Administrator — December 14, 2009 #
i was wondering if you have to put a plus sign(+)befor the contry number and phone number
and how can yu tell if a message has gone through or not becouse i can’t tell does that person get to reply or not or how dose it look on there side???????
Comment by pureanduncut — January 7, 2010 #
Can you send a SMS message to multiple recipients from Yahoo Messenger or Yahoo Mail?
Comment by Yahoo User — January 12, 2010 #
@Yahoo User – At this time, you can only send a single SMS message out at a time on Messenger. However there is no limit to the number of SMS messages you can send, but you’ll need to open up separate windows for each friend you want to SMS.
Sarah Bacon
Comment by Administrator — January 12, 2010 #
Why aren’t my Sms messages goin through?!? I sent a message 2 a friend and called them soon after since they didnt reply. and thy said they never even got my txt. so i tried txting some1 else andit still didn’t go through! …..Whats the problem?
Comment by kb — January 13, 2010 #
i want to send a text message to thailand…but its coming back as an error.
i understand the country code is 66, so i input the number as follows:
66824XXXXXX
shouldnt that work?
please help!
Comment by bobby — January 13, 2010 #
@bobby – Is the number you’re trying to text on AIS or DTAC? Those are the only Thai carriers we support on Yahoo! Messenger.
Sarah Bacon
Comment by Administrator — January 13, 2010 #
Can you add Cellular South to the list of carriers. They are poular in the Memphis, TN area.
When I send a SMS to a nonuser the message come from a number like 606……. Is that number specific? Could the nonuser store that number to my contact info so that the next message would show me as the sender. Thank you.
Comment by Kevo1011 — January 31, 2010 #
Sorry should be the number that begins with 111….. Is that number specific do that it could be stored.
Comment by Kevo1011 — January 31, 2010 #
Hi, I’m having a problem with the SMS feature. I can send SMS to my girlfriend but I can’t receive it on my yahoo she sends it I just don’t get it, why? please and thank you.
Comment by Jody — February 9, 2010 #
so if u have unlimited data plan with att and download yahoo messenger app u dont need to buy a text message plan since technally u have unlimited data plan?
Comment by vic — March 1, 2010 #
Hi, a friend of mine from the philippines hav unlimited texting and so do i, our carriers our Globe and T-mobile respectively. Do we both get charged extras if we send each other sms messages?
Comment by Rj — March 3, 2010 #
I live in the U.S. btw
Comment by Rj — March 3, 2010 #
Hey, can I get rid of my name before a text Because I share a username w/ my mom and it is… EXTREMELY embarrasing. It is my childhood nickname “Buzzle” and now my friends have started calling me buzzle. Ack. PLEASE help.
Comment by Liz — March 24, 2010 #
@Liz – Buzzle’s kind of cute
Unfortunately if what you’re referring to is your Yahoo! ID, there is no way to change it other than opening another Y! account (and getting a new ID).
Sarah Bacon
Comment by Administrator — March 24, 2010 #
I’m in the US and if I’m sending a message to the Philippines, does the Home Country (when sending text messages) have to be Philippines too? If I put it in as USA, will my friend be charged more when he replies (i.e. because it is international)? Thanks
Comment by jenn — March 28, 2010 #
If you send a message to the philippines from USA, you will not be charged. The receiver of the message will be charged an international text fee along with a nominal international Yahoo texting fee.
Comment by Lee — April 7, 2010 #
So I understand it will not count as a text message charge, but will they show up on my bill as individual sms/text messages or just as part of normal data? thanks.
Comment by Mark — April 14, 2010 #
@Mark – It will not show up in the text message charge. It will just be part of your normal data usage. So if you have a unlimited data plan you should see no additional charge.
Comment by Kedar — April 14, 2010 #
SO….if i send from my country, from my pc, from my Yahoo mesenger, a text message to a cell phone in USA, it wont charge me?
Comment by phillcasidy — April 26, 2010 #
it did not help me at all i wanted to find out like i wrote a message (a text) but i want to go back and look at it its not in my outbox nor is the reply in the inbox
Comment by kimberly — April 27, 2010 #
I’m in Thailand on a supported network, DTAC to be exact.
just sent a text (sms) to myself.
I have received the following text from Yahoo.
so I wonder what has happened to my own message.
I really appreciate Yahoo is letting me know that “a user” is sending me a message, but I would like to be able to read THE message before replying
Thanx
Comment by Alex — May 13, 2010 #
nice review.
what i hate about texting in ym though is you can’t continue sending messages unless the recipient replies to your messages. what if he forgot to?
great alternative is http://www.librengteks.com but it works only for philippine cell phones.
Comment by lt — July 14, 2010 #
hey, can i ask since this is all new to me, SMS international, if I send one to a new friend, can my info and number be stolen or hacked and used? Pleas let me know
Comment by Michael H. — July 21, 2010 #
Try 2 change your existing Globe phone number, it will not work because they removed Globe…
Comment by Ben — July 23, 2010 #
I can’t seem to receive back sms from taiwan. They can receive mine but I can’t get a reply even though they try to sen. I am using Airtel mobile.
Comment by Pawan sadhana — July 25, 2010 #
I can’t seem to receive back sms from taiwan. They can receive mine but I can’t get a reply even though they try to sen. I am using Airtel mobile from india.
Comment by Pawan sadhana — July 25, 2010 #
Hi all,
I live in Thailand and have been trying to send sms to my friend’s phone in thailand but the following message came out and didn’t work at all. Any suggestion would be more than appreciate
Yahoo! Messenger cannot send SMS messages to this mobile number: 668XXXXXXXX. Find out why
Comment by min — August 6, 2010 #
hi all,
i was in a place with spotty cell phone service and sent three texts to a friend within an hour . they appeared in my conversation box but she did not get any of them. how does this happen?
Comment by connie — August 9, 2010 #
hey
I tried to send a text message using yahoo messenger to my friend in vietnam from USA, but it kept on having a errors
what can i put for the number?
This is my friend’s number 098XXXXXXX
Comment by Vanny — August 18, 2010 #
Hi Sarah,
Just wanted to check what are the charges to receive sms from yahoo messenger on vodafone delhi mobile and reply to yahoo messenger from vodafone.
Comment by Khalid — August 21, 2010 #
Sarah,
I’ve searched high and low for an answer to this question but cannot find it anywhere. I’m hoping you can help.
I have a client that I talk to through IM every day.
Whenever I get an SMS message from anyone, it always shows up as this person who sent me the message.
It does this with all SMS messages, no matter what carrier the person has, whether they are in my regular IM list or my ‘other contacts’ list.
As you can imagine, it is confusing because unless the person is talking about a topic that I recognize or has a signature, I don’t know who it is.
What I end up doing is checking my archive to see who it was. Yahoo properly assigns the messages in the archive, just not when the window opens or the notification pops up when I receive the original message.
I’ve tried reinstalling and also deleting everyone in my contact lists and adding them back but it didn’t help.
Has anyone else complained of this and/or do you know why it would be displaying incorrectly?
Thanks!
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Comment by buywordpressthemes — October 3, 2010 #
Dear Sarah,
My friend from London sent me a text message. The no. didn’t look like it came from a mobile no. It was something like +990000XXXX. Do no.s like that come from YM? And when I click on reply, my message to my friend could not be delivered. I am using Digi but I am not sure which carrier my friend subscribes to. What can I do or what can my friend do to solve this failure to reply issue? I really hope you can point me to some solutions. Email me please, thank you.
YSL
Comment by YSL — October 17, 2010 #
Hi, ‘m from the phils and using Globe. I use YM mobile and just recently had troubles sending messages thru my phone. I still receive messages from my YM contact, but when i reply to them, they do not receive it and i seems that it’s unsuccessful coz i do not get charged. Do you have any idea what had caused this and what can be done to fix this problem?..Thanks
Comment by Margot — October 18, 2010 #
I really don’t know how to use it for messanger 10…
Comment by Joshie — October 27, 2010 #
I have sent many SMS to my friends’ cell phone in Vietnam (mobifone) and recived their replies without any phoblem. I know that it cost them to reply to me with mobifone’s charge. However, I don’t know why lately my friends (in Vietnam) can’t reply to me. (an error message saying the message can’t be sent)?
Thank you
Comment by Do Nhan — October 28, 2010 #
Why no SMS support for the UK?
Also when in video contact the video picture is part of the chat screen – not seperate like it used to be. I do not like the new way.
Comment by Paul — January 29, 2011 #
So my boyfriend sms messaged to my cell from his computer, he is currently in the Caribbeans, I have unlimited texting with At&t and live in the U.S. will I get charged for receiving and replying to these messages?
Comment by London — March 4, 2011 #
So my boyfriend sms messaged to my cell from his computer, he is currently in the Caribbeans, I have unlimited texting with At&t and live in the U.S. will I get charged for receiving and replying to these messages? We are using the yahoo mail feature.
Comment by London — March 4, 2011 #
i want to send someone text that lives in london. but i dont know why my sms doesnt work.. can you please tell me why
Comment by saara — March 20, 2011 #
DEAR SIR ,
I FACE PROBLEM WHILE I SEND MESSAGE OUTSIDE MY CITY & OUTSIDE COUNTRY (ROMANIA & DUBAI) BUT NO PROBLEM WHEN I SEND SMS IN MY CITY
PLEASE SOLVE MY PROBLEM
REGARDS
SACHIN
Comment by SACHIN — April 21, 2011 #
DEAR SIR ,
I FACE PROBLEM WHILE I SEND MESSAGE OUTSIDE MY CITY & OUTSIDE COUNTRY (ROMANIA & DUBAI) BUT NO PROBLEM WHEN I SEND SMS IN MY CITY
PLEASE SOLVE THIS
REGARDS
SACHIN
Comment by SACHIIN — April 21, 2011 #
DEAR SIR ,
I FACE PROBLEM WHILE I SEND MESSAGE OUTSIDE MY CITY & OUTSIDE COUNTRY (ROMANIA & DUBAI) BUT NO PROBLEM WHEN I SEND SMS IN MY CITY
PLEASE SOLVE THIS
Comment by SACHIIN — April 21, 2011 #
I M FACING PROBLEM OUT SIDE SMS FRI=OM MY CITY
PLS HELP
Comment by SACHIIN — April 21, 2011 #
Hi, I am sending a Yahoo SMS from my iphone here in the UK. I believe that any charges to send this SMS fall under my existing data plan right??
My SMS is being sent to the Philippines Globe network. Do you know if Globe charge to merely receive the SMS? And if the recipientof the SMS replies, will they be charged the cost of an international SMS? In other words, will they be charged the cost of as SMS from the Philippines to the UK, or is there some standard Yahoo SMS fee that applies?
Many thanks and I look forward to your response.
Comment by Mark — May 3, 2011 #
I would like to know why it wont let me send a text to certain numbers and it really ticks me off. So do you think you could do something to fix it. I love yahoo until it wont let me text certain numbers.
Comment by Maggie — May 16, 2011 #
Amusing blog post you have hereabouts. I hadn’t given due consideration this.
Comment by Darcel Diede — July 26, 2011 #
I’m tryin to text someone in texas but it says that their carrier isn’t supported or the number is formatted incorrectly. i’m putting +1 and i type in 1214xxxxxxx and they have t-moble. whats wrong?
Comment by Juan — August 4, 2011 #
hi i got messengefr 10 on puter. i signed in mobile it says 1(xxx)xxx-xxxx for illinois.
now when i log in mobile my friends see my name it says im mobile they beep me nothing goes to my phone but if i got to their name i saved and beep them and they are on line they can see what i sent but i cant receive….. help
Comment by kim — September 11, 2011 #
it worked alll way till i upgraded and now its messed up. i had redid my number and put the 4 dig code and still nothing. but it said im mobile…… my friend has same phone and all hers works
Comment by kim — September 11, 2011 #
Hi , I got messenger problem when iam trying to send multiple text messages from my PC to my mobile number i cannot receive any messages on my mobile , and it seems that on the yahoo messenger it displays ur friend has to reply for any of ur messages kindly to let me know , Is there other options to overcome of this issue i need to receive all messages coming from PC to my mobile
Comment by samsam — September 24, 2011 #
SMS to AIS Thailand does not work.
Comment by Johnston Pettigrew — December 15, 2011 #
My yahoo does not give me the option to do any of these things, it doesn’t have any option to see mobile contacts and if I go to “mobile chat” I type in the phone number a MILLION ways and it always says its wrong when I know very god damn well that its correct..
Comment by cassandra — December 15, 2011 #
Yahoo! Messenger cannot send SMS messages to this mobile number: +14************* why?
Comment by Inks — December 27, 2011 #
If i send a text from YM to a cell phone in The Philippines, do they get charge when they reply? Usually, it cost them $1 per text.
Thanks.
Comment by Taray — January 15, 2012 #
If i send a text from my YM using SMS to The Philippines, when they reply do they get charge? Usually, it cost them 1 pesos per text.
Thanks.
Comment by Taray — January 15, 2012 #
When I try and connect with someone using the video feature. We are both on a iPhone. Using messenger. Will that show up on my phonebill other than data usage? Was also wondering if someone sends me a SMS from a phone number to my yahoo messenger. Will there be anything on my bill. I’m with AT&T Thank you
Comment by Lezli — February 10, 2012 #
in my blackberry i can’t send sms text to phone number.my phone number are supported
“Indonesia: XL, Indosat, Hutch 3, Telkomsel”
i already use +62
Comment by tes — February 12, 2012 #
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Comment by tes — February 12, 2012 #
I am in Mexico using yahoo messenger SMS with my iPad so it is free for me to send texts but is it free for people in the us with AT&T or t mobile to receive and send texts to me?
Comment by Ahhhhh — February 14, 2012 #
I send out a sms text message from yahoo to adroid mobil phone and I’m not recieving the reply. Is it my yahoo account or the adroid phone?
Thank you….
Comment by Lollie — April 2, 2012 #
for last three days my sms from messenger is not getting delivered to the cell
how ever messages from cell phone are being recd by my messenger
Comment by sudha — April 7, 2012 #
You are a very smart individual!
Comment by Zachariah State — June 7, 2012 #
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Comment by Mail from American Airways — June 7, 2012 #
Just want to know if YM in UK is already supported by SMS now?
Comment by cris — July 1, 2012 #
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Comment by Cheap Seo Services — July 13, 2012 #
Nice work. I liked the way you put this info forward with well written content and included the facts without over stating them. Well done
Comment by Paxton — July 15, 2012 #
I don’t have my mobile number public or on my account that in aware of but I’m getting IMtext, how can I disable it? I don’t want them.
Comment by Adrian — August 2, 2012 #
I have switched to the newest yahoo mail and I can’t seem to send a text message. I can’t get any windows to drop down. I can;t get any thing to work. I can’t get messenger to let me sign in or at least i think it is an issue….any ideas
Comment by steven — April 11, 2013 #