Office Message Alert question

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Does the Office Message Alert (OMA) feature allow an arbitrary string of
10 digits to be sent as the callback number, or does it have to be a
valid phone number? i.e., can I actually see the number when I get the
message, or is it only available to use as a callback number? I'm
thinking of using OMA to send special codes from an automated system.

Thanks...

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On Thu, 12 May 2005 19:13:41 -0400, George <george@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>How about having your equipment call VZWs TAP interface? Most systems
>that send alerts know how to talk to one and VZWs is reliable.

No, it can only call a pager. DTMF only, no modem. I just want to make
sure I'll be able to see the 10 digits on my phone before I call Verizon
to enable OMA.

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On Fri, 13 May 2005 22:05:38 -0400, "tgw" </dev/null@spam.com> wrote:
>Any 10 digits will work, but it has to be EXACTLY ten digits. I just tested
>it with "0123456789", and the string was displayed as part of the special
>text message:

Thanks. I called *611, and after navigating their touch-tone menus
(which took two attempts), I got to speak to a live person who activated
OMA in about a minute, no questions asked. I tested it about 20 minutes
later.

On my phone, a Kyocera 2235, I get a message like the following:

Message: Office Message Alert
Received: 10:25 AM 05/14
Call Back Num: 000-811-0031

Works great!

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