Comments on: How to block texts part I…

By: Jahmeen

Jahmeen — Wed, 21 May 2008 23:36:30 +0000

If you didn’t have a phone, you wouldn’t have to worry about this period, or simple ignore the calls or don’t reply to the text. Fin.

By: Bobby

Bobby — Wed, 21 May 2008 18:11:27 +0000

Text filtering has been around for a while now…. I used it and a TMO CSR told me how to do it back in October. I was getting Spam, after that it ended. :)

By: Krum

Krum — Tue, 20 May 2008 10:35:52 +0000

As stated above, this ability isn’t necessarily “new” but I used to work for T-Mobile customer care and I gave this info to hundreds of users and I think all reps should point users to this page if they’re being harassed. But, a glitch we discovered is that if you put a period (.) in the “From” field and nothing else, it will block all incoming sms on that line. Unfortunately this included Voice mail “message waiting indicators/notifications.”
I haven’t worked there in five months so this may have changed but it worked in January.

By: mmac778

mmac778 — Mon, 19 May 2008 22:42:52 +0000

I found that this method worked, for the most part, but it is indeed flawed.
I had some customers, when I worked for T-Mobile Tier 1 Tech, that were upset at the inability to remove the provisioning for SMS. But, as this screenshot describes, it is essential, and therefore, mandatory by policy.

By: se-mochi

se-mochi — Fri, 16 May 2008 05:23:59 +0000

You must remember that certain information is leaked for people, say engadget, to give a little teaser for all of us online. however, there is certain classified information that cannot be released unless given approval. if tmonews, or any news/blog/podcase, were to supply that information to the media, then they will be in danger of a legal actions against them, thus causing the site to ultimately shut down. so some news is better than no news, imho.

By: v

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:11:55 +0000

So when is this NEW SERVICE coming out. Not the sms blocking but the service you dont want to tell us about yet.

By: Nwahs

Nwahs — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:23:54 +0000

We know this has been around for years, we never claimed it to be new news.
If you can find us something, we’ll post it up. We’re looking.
We have a pretty big post, but it is a new service, and posting it up will jeopardize T-mobile’s competitive edge in the wireless industry. When the launch gets closer, we will post it.

By: The Kid

The Kid — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:47:31 +0000

This isn’t new.. at ALL! this feature has been available on My T-Mobile forever, you shouldn’t be filed under news. It should be a tip that has been around for as long as i can remember… I have been disappointed with the lack of news lately…. Step your game up guys, you use to be so much better than this….

By: Timmer

Timmer — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:09:05 +0000

And again, you have to do it per subject or per “from.” Another good thing to do is to change your tmomail.net address from your 10 digit phone number to a different alias. That way if the spammers are war-dialing via a computer program, your phone number won’t be “the next one” on their list.