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Subject says it all.
I don't use it.
Kids are getting dozens a day, but rarely send any.

Can I have Verizon turn it off?
TIA

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On Mon, 1 Aug 2005 20:03:55 -0400, Sponge <le_yam@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Subject says it all.
>I don't use it.
>Kids are getting dozens a day, but rarely send any.
>
>Can I have Verizon turn it off?

Yes.

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"Sponge" <le_yam@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Subject says it all.
> I don't use it.
> Kids are getting dozens a day, but rarely send any.
>
> Can I have Verizon turn it off?

They can turn off incoming, but not out going. At least that's the way it
was a little over two years go when I had TXT messaging turned off on the 4
phones for which I'm responsible. (Done because Verizon lacks a method to
create a white list... and we were beginning to receive spam TXT messages.)

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"Joe Kaffe" <kaffejoe@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Sponge" <le_yam@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1jmyf8vtdyfj8.1w4na63z7l3ox.dlg@40tude.net...
> > Subject says it all.
> > I don't use it.
> > Kids are getting dozens a day, but rarely send any.
> >
> > Can I have Verizon turn it off?
>
> They can turn off incoming, but not out going. At least that's the way it
> was a little over two years go when I had TXT messaging turned off on the
4
> phones for which I'm responsible. (Done because Verizon lacks a method to
> create a white list... and we were beginning to receive spam TXT
messages.)
>
>

Just call *611 and ask CS to disable text messaging. The first and only
non-account based text message I received was a spam message. Calling CS
had the charge removed and text messaging disabled.

The downside is that it disables all text messages, including the ones VZW
sends when you call for the reports of minutes used or account balances.

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"Carl Keehn" <carlkeehn@worldnet.att.net> wrote in
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> Just call *611 and ask CS to disable text messaging.

Be informed disabling text messages also disables voice-mail-waiting icons
you get when there is an unlistened-to voice mail......on some systems.

--
Larry

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Larry wrote:

> Be informed disabling text messages also disables voice-mail-waiting icons
> you get when there is an unlistened-to voice mail......on some systems.

The only times I got text messages on Verizon instead of a voicemail
indicator, it was because something was broken. Usually it got fixed pretty
quickly.



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What Larry means is that on some systems (don't know which) it has been said
that the way the voicemail indicator works is by receiving a specially
formatted SMS text message that turns on the voicemail icon.

-Frank

"Steve Sobol" <sjsobol@JustThe.net> wrote in message
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> Larry wrote:
>
>> Be informed disabling text messages also disables voice-mail-waiting
>> icons you get when there is an unlistened-to voice mail......on some
>> systems.
>
> The only times I got text messages on Verizon instead of a voicemail
> indicator, it was because something was broken. Usually it got fixed
> pretty quickly.
>
>
>
> --
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> Company website: http://JustThe.net/
> Personal blog, resume, portfolio: http://SteveSobol.com/
> E: sjsobol@JustThe.net Snail: 22674 Motnocab Road, Apple Valley, CA 92307

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Yes, they can turn off all text messaging. inbound/outbound. Or perhaps
better, you can request that CS turn it off. It is a permanent (as much as
anything at vzw is permanent) disabling of txt messaging which also means
you won't get any bal, min, msgs as well. dr
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"Joe Kaffe" <kaffejoe@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Sponge" <le_yam@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1jmyf8vtdyfj8.1w4na63z7l3ox.dlg@40tude.net...
>> Subject says it all.
>> I don't use it.
>> Kids are getting dozens a day, but rarely send any.
>>
>> Can I have Verizon turn it off?
>
> They can turn off incoming, but not out going. At least that's the way it
> was a little over two years go when I had TXT messaging turned off on the
> 4
> phones for which I'm responsible. (Done because Verizon lacks a method to
> create a white list... and we were beginning to receive spam TXT
> messages.)
>
>

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Frankster wrote:
> What Larry means is that on some systems (don't know which) it has been said
> that the way the voicemail indicator works is by receiving a specially
> formatted SMS text message that turns on the voicemail icon.
>
> -Frank
>

Might be per phone model. I don't have txt msg but I get the voice mail
icon. I can also receive the free VZW txt like *min, etc..

I dunno...

Seumas
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On Tue, 2 Aug 2005 18:49:09 -0600, "Frankster" <Frank@SPAM2TRASH.com> chose
to add this to the great equation of life, the universe, and everything:

>What Larry means is that on some systems (don't know which) it has been said
>that the way the voicemail indicator works is by receiving a specially
>formatted SMS text message that turns on the voicemail icon.

Right. There was a thread about this a couple months ago. VZW put a notice
in the bills that they were changing the method of activating the VM icon
to what you describe.

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