{"id":1556,"date":"2015-03-20T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1556"},"modified":"2015-03-18T18:00:43","modified_gmt":"2015-03-18T18:00:43","slug":"sync-text-messages-to-your-mailbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2015\/03\/20\/sync-text-messages-to-your-mailbox\/","title":{"rendered":"Sync Text Messages To Your Mailbox"},"content":{"rendered":"

File this under \u201cI didn\u2019t know it could do that\u201d<\/p>\n

Using your smartphone to connect to your work email is a pretty standard thing nowadays.<\/p>\n

They just about all support ActiveSync so your iPhone, Android, Windows Phone and Blackberry will all do email, calendars and contacts to an Exchange server without much fuss.<\/p>\n

However, the bit makes all this work, i.e ActiveSync, has some features that aren\u2019t implemented on all devices. Some features will also be reliant on the version of Exchange server the mailbox is on.<\/p>\n

One of those is the ability to have your phone sync your text messages with your mailbox.<\/p>\n

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I spotted the option for this a little while back and initially didn\u2019t see the point of it but I thought I’d turn it on and see how it worked out.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been using it for a few months now and there are two main things I\u2019ve found useful<\/p>\n

Sending text messages directly from Outlook<\/strong><\/p>\n

When a text message comes into your phone it\u2019s copied to your mailbox. <\/p>\n

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This means that if your phone is your pocket\/bag or on silent you can read it on your PC without having to get the phone out. More importantly you can reply from Outlook too. Hit reply, type your message and when you press send the message is sync\u2019d back to your phone where it sends the messages on your behalf.<\/p>\n

Yes that\u2019s the \u201cmagic\u201d. Your phone is still sending the message.<\/p>\n

You even get little smiley icons to use and it\u2019ll tell you how many text messages will be needed. <\/p>\n

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It\u2019s something I found useful as I can type much quicker on my keyboard than on my touch screen!<\/p>\n

I also find it less disruptive when I\u2019m at work to not have to go to my mobile to view and reply to any messages.<\/p>\n

Having a deaf wife does mean I send a lot of text messages so this is one of the things I\u2019ve particularly found useful. <\/p>\n

Backing up your messages<\/strong><\/p>\n

Depends on how much importance you place on your SMS I guess but because a copy is added to your mailbox if your phone dies, falls in a toilet or is crushed\/smashed\/whatever then your text messages are easily retrievable.<\/p>\n

You can file them exactly the same way as you would any other email.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve got an Outlook quick step I use to drop any want to keep into a \u201ctext messages\u201d folder once I\u2019ve read them.<\/p>\n

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As mentioned above not all clients support all features so most notably this doesn\u2019t work on iPhone.<\/p>\n

Also as already mentioned it\u2019s reliant on Exchange server so if you\u2019re using Google Apps\/Gmail, POP or IMAP for email this specific method isn\u2019t applicable.<\/p>\n

There a good list of features and what is and isn\u2019t supported on this Wikipedia article<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Can you think of any other uses for this?<\/p>\n

it\u2019s also probably worth knowing about for the inevitable support call where someone has setup their own phone and want to know when their text messages have turned into emails.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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