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Originally Posted by Soundy
WITHIN the phone, maybe... computer-based software that sends messages through a tethered phone is a piece of cake, though, and will work with a non-PPC phone. Motorola Phone Tools will let you send bulk SMS messages from your computer with a Motorola phone attached (like my previous two phones, a V710 and a V3c RAZR); scripting something or writing a custom app to do the same would be a piece of cake for a coder with an SDK.
And for that matter, it's not stopping the spammers from using SMS instead... so what's next, SMS is blocked as well? Maybe they just do away with SMS and MMS support altogether? Then they can get rid of outgoing email service for their internet customers as well, because email spammers can use that too...
Nope. None of Sprint's "excuses" wash. Try again.
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And yes that is another option, however it is hard to block. You could set a limit on the number of messages before the server denys access for a while, similar to most password protected sites do with people repeating failed attempts. Sprint will never block all spam messages they are simply removing one avenue. Plus sprint did not remove MMS from the PPC's to eliminate the problem. They removed the ability to use sprints MMS server from all unsupported devices/applications. This would also block laptops logging directly into their server and sending messages, it shouldn't have blocked sending while tethered though.
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Originally Posted by decibel
Well put. 90% of all spam will be sent from MMSC's hosted on an individual's computer. There are several MMSC applications readily available, NOW SMS MMS Gateway, Mbuni, etc. A spammer would just use whatever is readily available and can't be tracked. Why would they use Sprint's MMS server (which is actually Lightsurf's, owned by Verisign) that would log every connection to it? Don't you think they would use a private server they had control over to prevent logging?
Sprint's "anti-spam" argument is simply a rumor that was generated by some customer-facing rep that wanted to say something clever and believable to take the heat off themselves.
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It could be, but what difference would it make? If they came out and said they removed it because you weren't supposed to have it would you feel better, or would it fix the problem? No. If anything, believing this is true gives hope for them finding an alternative to blocking spam and re enabling PPC's use of MMS. If they blocked so you don't have it what are the chances of them changing their mind in the near future?
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Originally Posted by mabru2001
Well here is another case of being lied to, I actually bought my Mogul from Amazon and expected it to have MMS and they are lieing also... Amazon being a big seller for sprint has in its description (bolded the important stuff) but for some reason it says the wing and mogul in same paragraph... somebody copied and pasted... so I guess I gots me a out of my contract and so does everyone else that got theirs from amazon.
"The 2-megapixel autofocus camera (with up to 8x digital zoom) on the back of the Mogul captures images up to 1600 x 1200 pixels (good enough for prints up to 8 x 10 inches). You can make such camera adjustments as white balance and exposure metering, choose from resolution modes (such as sports for fast-moving action) as well as use of the integrated flash, and set a self-timer of either 2 or 10 seconds. Additionally, the Wing can capture video with or without audio (in MPEG-4, 3GPP2, or H.263 format, the latter being best for sending via MMS). You can also play back audio and video files downloaded from the Internet or sent to you via email using the integrated Windows Media Player."
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This is not Sprint's problem, yes they would probably help you out, but really this is something that you should take up with Amazon. They should in theory have to pay you the ETF as they are the ones mislabeling the device. But they can also say that they use the same paragraph to market both the mogul and the wing (two seperate devices) so that users simply read one paragraph about the device as they have similar features (not identical) and then choose the model that works with their carrier. At which point, they would tell you that you did not purchase the Wing, you purchased a Mogul which does not support MMS.
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Originally Posted by Soundy
Me neither... dammit. Where do I sign up for that??  |
I agree, I think porn spams would be nice to get while at work, might make the day more enjoyable.