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Lesley replied on July 24, 2008 16:31 to the problem "Verizon support?" in Brightkite:

Mwalters, we had to block incoming emails from Verizon because they were getting caught in a loop and creating a lot of duplicate posts. This has happened twice before. Once Verizon fixes the problem we will unblock the emails. You can follow/friend us on Brightkite and Twitter (username Brightkite) for status updates on things like this.

mwalters replied on July 24, 2008 16:06 to the problem "Verizon support?" in Brightkite:

Anyone been able to do this successfully recently? I've tried sending several messages to the private email address and they don't seem to be coming in. In the text area I should be able to put like "! test" and that show up as a note for where I'm currently at correct?

A comment on the problem "Please unblock my Verizon text-to-email" in Brightkite:

whoops... guess i should have tried that first. thanks! – nbr, on July 23, 2008 14:04

A comment on the problem "Please unblock my Verizon text-to-email" in Brightkite:

We agree. They were supposed to have their stuff in place in February and it's now July... – Lesley, on July 23, 2008 04:37

A comment on the problem "Please unblock my Verizon text-to-email" in Brightkite:

You can friend us on Brightkite or follow us on Twitter , both usernames are "Brightkite". :) – Lesley, on July 23, 2008 04:36

nbr replied on July 23, 2008 01:59 to the problem "Please unblock my Verizon text-to-email" in Brightkite:

Is there any way you could let people know somehow when this problem crops up? I've had several SMS checkins get ignored, and i would have gone back to sending emails from vzwpix.com if i had known. I realize this isn't the highest priority in the world, but even if there were a Twitter account that I could subscribe to -- say, just for Brightkite status updates, or even just for VZW-to-Bkite status updates -- that would do it. This might be easier than just leaving it up to individual users to notice that updates aren't posting.

A comment on the problem "Please unblock my Verizon text-to-email" in Brightkite:

Thanks Lesley..I'll go back to using picture messaging without a picture (which comes in from vzwpix.com not vtext.com) to use brightkite from my phone. This is what I did last time it malfunctioned. Would be a helluva lot easier if they would just start supporting brightkite by standard SMS – bodhi, on July 23, 2008 00:53

Lesley replied on July 22, 2008 18:44 to the problem "Please unblock my Verizon text-to-email" in Brightkite:

Yes, the Verizon duplicate problem is back. We have disabled incoming emails from Verizon for right now. Once they fix the problem again, we will let you know.

A comment on the problem "Please unblock my Verizon text-to-email" in Brightkite:

is it broken again? all of a sudden starting yesterday (and continuing through to today) I got a ton of brightkite confirmations of me checking in, even though I only checked in once, and my stream shows me checking in many times. same for a friend, also on verizon. – bodhi, on July 22, 2008 18:22

A comment on the problem "Please unblock my Verizon text-to-email" in Brightkite:

I have a "subject" line on my Verizon phone (LG Chocolate), which works pretty well for setting the caption. – kyleslattery, on July 21, 2008 20:01

Christopher Bowns replied on June 19, 2008 17:02 to the problem "Verizon support?" in Brightkite:

Email is working great again with my phone. Replies from Bkite are coming back via the email address, so even if you haven't registered your phone via SMS (I somehow pulled that off weeks ago), it'll still work just fine for you.

A comment on the problem "Verizon support?" in Brightkite:

Beala, Verizon still does not support SMS for Brightkite. Glad to hear that email is working for you though! :) – Lesley, on June 19, 2008 16:22

beala replied on June 19, 2008 16:19 to the problem "Verizon support?" in Brightkite:

I'd just like to add that I'm using a Blackberry 8130 on Verizon, and it's working great (the email, that is. Haven't tried sms).

Brian Layman replied on June 19, 2008 03:50 to the problem "Verizon support?" in Brightkite:

For the record, I have an XV6800 (windows mobile) and I have my own independent email account setup on the phone and it works seemlessly. If you have a WM phone, you should consider doing the same and updating brightkite always through email.

A comment on the problem "Verizon support?" in Brightkite:

Yay! – texburgher, on June 18, 2008 20:55

A comment on the problem "Verizon support?" in Brightkite:

Chris J is correct. We've unblocked it so you can email texts to Brightkite, but Verizon still does not support Brightkite through SMS. – Lesley, on June 18, 2008 20:40

A comment on the problem "Verizon support?" in Brightkite:

They still don't have the SMS number. Where you would put the number, you instead put your private ****@bkite.com email address. Then you can send the update. – Chris J, on June 18, 2008 20:34

Chris replied on June 18, 2008 20:24 to the problem "Verizon support?" in Brightkite:

ok is there some delay? I texted @ 37203 to 80289 and it no worky.

Lesley replied on June 18, 2008 17:50 to the problem "Please unblock my Verizon text-to-email" in Brightkite:

We've unblocked emails from vtext.com, please report any problems to us immediately. :)

Lesley replied on June 18, 2008 17:49 to the problem "Verizon support?" in Brightkite:

We have unblocked the vtext.com emails, please report any problems to us immediately. :)