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SMS email server[edit]

Is there a way to create a "virtual" email server, on an Android phone, such that

an email client can access the SMS messages as if they were plain text emails,
sending an email to the address (e.g.) +447777777@localhost would send an SMS message to the given number?

The crux of the matter is that I would like an email client that would handle SMS messages in a very similar way to how it handles email, potentially with a combined inbox. What I propose seems plausible enough, but I see no evidence of it being done.--Leon (talk) 17:44, 7 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Most, if not all, SMS services have an email-to-SMS gateway. For example, if you want to send a txt to a Verizon user with phone number 123-456-7890, you send an email to 1234567890@vtext.com. You could have the recipient in your address book with that email address. You see it as outgoing email. They see it as an SMS message. I don't believe there is a standard for replying to those sort of text messages. So, they may very well not come back as emails. But, half the work is done: email to text. You just need text to email. 209.149.113.5 (talk) 18:06, 7 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I tested it. I emailed my own Verizon number. Then, I replied to the txt from my phone and it showed up in my email as a reply. So, in that case, I can use my standard email account to send/receive text messages. 209.149.113.5 (talk) 18:09, 7 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting...does anyone know of the gateway for Three UK? I have found old websites with a gateway, but they don't work.--Leon (talk) 17:41, 8 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Did you try the phone number at three.co.uk? 209.149.113.5 (talk) 18:42, 8 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, and it went undelivered, and I received a message to that effect in my email.

Converting Wikimapia distance lines into KML files (for Template:Attached KML or so)[edit]

Is it possible to convert a WikiMapia distance measurement URL (such as http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=-15.774134&lon=-47.916291&z=17&m=b&v=2&gz=0;-479177713;-157770563;29611;0;0;1032;0;58439) into a Template:Attached KML file (like Template:Attached KML/Overseas Highway)? The syntax looks vaguely similar but I don't know if they actually mean the same thing. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 17:50, 7 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]