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YOU SHOULD KEEP THE BOX FOR YOUR TROUBLES. THIS COMPANY WILL FIND A WAY TO SCREW OVER YOU ANY. – TONY, on August 28, 2008 04:58

I am also awaiting Instinct support, hope it ends up being supported.

I swear that it worked this afternoon when I tried it. I don't know what I did differently but it's not working for me either now. Sorry I got everyone's hopes up. I'm just as disappointed. – Chris J, on August 13, 2008 02:41

Doesn't work as far as I can see. As others have said, I'm assuming it's because the from address is not stripped. – Matt W., on August 13, 2008 01:37

Theoretically this shouldn't work since gmail doesn't strip the original sender when it forwards. It still looks like it is coming from your phone. Either something is going crazy or they've turned verizon texts to private addresses back on. – Basheer Tome, on August 12, 2008 20:21

Theoretically this shouldn't work since gmail doesn't strip the original sender when it forwards. It still looks like it is coming from your phone. Either something is going crazy or they've turned verizon texts to private addresses back on. – Basheer Tome, on August 12, 2008 20:21

You can get around that problem using another Gmail feature. You can customize a Gmail address by adding a plus sign followed by any string you like to your username, and then set up a filter based on that. For example, if your Gmail address was bodhi@gmail.com, you could set up a filter in Gmail to forward to Brightkite every message addressed to bodhi+brightkite@gmail.com. I know it sounds strange, but this actually does work. That being said, I've been using the vzwpix.com messaging solution too. – nbr, on August 12, 2008 17:17

that's a cool workaround Chris J :) But not such a good option if you ever send texts to your own email (which I do). Still, good to know. Maybe the convenience will make it worthwhile for me to stop using my texts to my own email. Do you notice any significant additional lag due to the extra step? I've been using the blank picture message solution since bkite has blocked emails from vtext.com – bodhi, on August 12, 2008 17:12

I figured out a workaround for this verizon text situation. You can setup a rule in gmail to forward emails coming from you cell to your bkite address. For instance: My text msg emails come from 812989xxxx@vtext.com. I setup a filter for emails coming from 812989xxxx@vtext.com to be forwarded to my bkite private address. Then setup another rule to forward all emails from your private bkite address to your cell phone.

See here: http://getsatisfaction.com/verizonwireless/topics/why_is_verizon_is_blocking_sms_text_interactivity_with_brightkite – Jo Michele, on August 05, 2008 22:13

Where did this "Underdog" come from? – Chris, on August 05, 2008 22:07

Yeah and they probably don't drop everything after the @ symbol either... That is what makes twitter txt messages suck on verizon.

just saw this reply from Verizon regarding their Brightkite issue:

underdog512, Official Rep, replied 10 days ago
Verizon Wireless does not block ANY sms unless you ask them to. Maybe your Brightkite is broken.

Are you kidding me? Verizon seriously needs to get their act together!

Unfortunately not yet, we're still waiting on Verizon. I'll be sure to post here when we have an update. You can also friend us on Brightkite (username Brightkite) where we post updates as well. – Lesley, on July 30, 2008 03:58

Has verizon support been restored yet? I love Brightkite but I haven't been able to check-in in a week and a half.

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.

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?

Wow, what a nightmare. I have a post I started today on how they have mishandled my e-mail problem for over a month now. I had similar problems with Comcast. When they took over from Patriot media all of my issues began. E-mails not sending, not receiving, Tv's making harsh noises and snow. I called them on the T.V.'s and they told me I they could get someone out here in ....get this, 1 week! An ALL DAY appointment...between 8am and 9pm I had to be around the house. Miss work, and wait here for 13 hours! When the guy shows up, he says "is the problem mostly on channel 58? I said, "you know, that is the channel the kids watch, and that is probably the one it happens on.". "Oh, we're having issues with that on Channel 58, nothing we can do here, we're working on it. Everyone is getting that". If the damn women at Comcast could have been informed of this I wouldn't have had to miss a whole day of work!!! my e-mail addresses still aren't working. Same deal as you, no one calls back, no one gets the right message. It seems everyone you talk to says the same thing whether you have a "ticket number that is a month old or not", "how can we help you". Not, we know what the problem is and we're fixing it". What a freaking joke of an outfit Comcast is.

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.

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