Sending pictures to cell phone SMS emails

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Sending pictures to cell phone SMS emails

I have been having a problem for the last coupled of days with sending picture emails to cell phones using there SMS email address. For example, I was sending a picture email to a number@vzwpix.com from my AOL account and everything I always get an email back saying message undelieverable. I used to be able to send picture emails to verizon all the time, but now it wont let me. I can get the pictures I just can not hit reply. Am I doing something wrong? Can someone please help!?

Mac, Mac OS X (10.5.1), iPhone

Posted on Feb 5, 2008 6:57 AM

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Answer 1

Nathan C

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Feb 5, 2008 6:59 AM in response to jdotyoung

jdotyoung,

Is the bounce message coming from your server, or from Verizon's server?

Thank you,

Nathan C.

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jdotyoung Author

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Feb 5, 2008 9:43 AM in response to Nathan C

This is the message I keep getting!

The original message was received at Tue, 5 Feb 2008 10:02:13 -0500 (EST)
from root@localhost

* ATTENTION *

Your e-mail is being returned to you because there was a problem with its
delivery. The address which was undeliverable is listed in the section
labeled: "----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----".

The reason your mail is being returned to you is listed in the section
labeled: "----- Transcript of Session Follows -----".

The line beginning with "<<<" describes the specific reason your e-mail could
not be delivered. The next line contains a second error message which is a
general translation for other e-mail servers.

Please direct further questions regarding this message to the e-mail
administrator or Postmaster at that destination.

--AOL Postmaster

----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
<15555555555@vzwpix.com>

----- Transcript of session follows -----
... while talking to smtp.vzwpix.com.:

DATA

<<< 550 SMTP connection refused
554 <15555555555@vzwpix.com>... Service unavailable

Final-Recipient: RFC822; 15555555555@vzwpix.com
Action: failed
Status: 5.2.0
Remote-MTA: DNS; smtp.vzwpix.com
Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 550 SMTP connection refused
Last-Attempt-Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 10:02:26 -0500 (EST)

Received: from user@aol.com
by imo-d04.mx.aol.com (mail out_v38r9.3.) id m.cbe.207795b4 (37218)
for <15555555555@vzwpix.com>; Tue, 5 Feb 2008 10:02:13 -0500 (EST)
Return-Path: <user@aol.com>
Received: from [10.14.195.165] ([166.195.22.122]) by cia-ma06.mx.aol.com
(v121.4) with ESMTP id MAILCIAMA061-916247a87a222e1; Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:01:06
-0500
Message-Id: <08A13C96-FAA4-4285-AA7A-9A45286470DC@aol.com>
From: Jemia Young <user@aol.com>
To: Mom <15555555555@vzwpix.com>
Content-Type: multipart/mixed;
boundary=Apple-Mail-1-578143920
X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (4A93)
Mime-Version: 1.0 (iPhone Mail 4A93)
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 10:00:42 -0500
X-AOL-IP: 166.195.22.122
X-Spam-Flag: NO

Message was edited by: Host <Personal identifying information removed>

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jdotyoung Author

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Feb 5, 2008 7:09 AM in response to Nathan C

And then I get a message on my iPhone saying:

Photo Delievery Failed. A copy has been placed in your Outbox. Sending the message content to the server failed.

And this is when I sent a picture email to a T-mobile email account. So it is not just verizon.

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Nathan C

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Feb 5, 2008 9:46 AM in response to jdotyoung

jdotyoung,

I have quoted the relevant portion below:

jdotyoung wrote:
----- Transcript of session follows -----
... while talking to smtp.vzwpix.com.:

DATA

<<< 550 SMTP connection refused
554 < 15555555555@vzwpix.com >... Service unavailable

That means that Verizon's SMTP server is refusing connections from AOL's SMTP server, and won't deliver the message.

I would recommend letting AOL know that Verizon's server is rejecting the message.

Hope this helps,

Nathan C.

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jdotyoung Author

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Feb 5, 2008 10:00 AM in response to Nathan C

I also sent it from my school email address and it did not work either. That is a Microsoft outlook account.

So does that mean that verizon is rejecting all emails?

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Answer 6

Mar 24, 2008 8:37 PM in response to jdotyoung

It was a pretty HUGE disappointment to realize that the iPhone does not support MMS. I've paid $400 for this awesome piece of technology that can't do something that my old, beat to ****, $100 plain cellphone can--send/recieve a text message with an attached photo to/from another cellphone or iPhone. I did this routinely with my husband and friends and losing this capability is a drag. The iPhone has such a nice camera that I'd like to be able to capture nice photos and send them to friends and family--directly on their phone. And frankly I'd like to be able to receive photos. Please, Apple engineers, reconsider your stance on excluding MMS capability.

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Answer 7

Mar 24, 2008 8:42 PM in response to jdotyoung

Have your Verizon friend update their cell phone - this process should be done every 90 days with a Verizon phone.

http://www.ehow.com/how2111889update-verizon-wireless-tower-service.html

I was experiencing the same when sending an MMS via email to my niece who is a Verizon subscriber. Immediately after she updated her phone, she received my email as an MMS.

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Answer 8

Mar 24, 2008 8:49 PM in response to DoItInTheDirt

This is a user to user help forum only for technical support issues and questions. You aren't addressing anything to any Apple employees and especially to Apple engineers - who take their direction from higher ups at Apple anyway.

You can accomplish the same via email.

Have someone that you want to exchange MMS with send you an MMS addressed to an email address for an email account that you access with the iPhone's Mail client.

They will enter the email address you provide them in the To: field for the MMS. The MMS will be received by you as an email with the photo attached to the message.

This will also give you the sender's MMS gateway for their provider - or cell phone email address for MMS.

Enter this email address as an available email address in the contact's information in your iPhone's address book.

Attach a photo to an email and select/enter this email address in the To: field when addressing the message. The email will be received by the recipient as an MMS.

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