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From: Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com>
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Subject: Re: RCS messaging
Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2025 13:12:10 +0100
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Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> writes:

> micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
>> In comp.mobile.android, on Thu, 3 Apr 2025 08:37:04 +0200, Jörg Lorenz
>> <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:
>> 
>> >On 03.04.25 05:52, sms wrote:
> [...]
>> >> The e-mail to SMS and e-mail to MMS gateways are very useful. I didn't 
>> >> think that there would be an e-mail to RCS gateway.
>> >
>> >Is it really? In other parts of the world where mobile communication is
>> >more advanced than in the US such a service is completely unknown
>> 
>> Then in this regard, the communication outside the US and Canada (and
>> the rest of Latin America, I suspect) is less advanced. 
>
>   As said many times before, in the rest of the world, it's not needed,
> because better methods - Instant Messaging (WhatsApp, Signal, etc.) have
> been available for a long time.
>
>   Because - for some weird 'reason' - IM has not been widely adapted in
> the US - at least not on Android -, USAsians still settle for the old
> SMS/MMS method. So the US is indeed less advanced, and by their own
> choice.
>
>> > and I
>> >cannot see how that could be useful.
>> 
>> Let's say you are using your computer and you want to send a message to
>> a cellphone. 
>
>   Just use Skype ... Oops! :-) Or the Windows 'My Phone' app or any of
> the multitude of control-your-phone-from-your-computer solutions.
>
>   As I use WhatsApp - yes, also on my computer - and have absolutely no
> need to *send* SMS messages, I don't need that stuff.

Reading the click send website suggests the point is reach:

===

Some benefits of sending email to SMS include:

• Better reach: thanks to a 98% open rate, you know that your message
  will be seen.

• Have your message read faster, with a much faster open rate than
  email.

• All your email and SMS communication in the one place.

===

You might have trouble sending Whatsapps to me, as I am not on it.