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gya24jk started following the question "What is an alternate service to I Want Sandy?" in I want Sandy.

gya24jk replied on November 26, 2008 18:23 to the update "A fork in the road (An important announcement about I want Sandy)" in I want Sandy:

Yea, Twitter. OK, so SMS was costing them lots, and they stopped it. But many Bothans died holding their collective breath while Twitter "fixed" Jabber/instant messaging support. Sandy got hit by a truck (or will be in 2 weeks). She's gone, and we're sad.

gya24jk replied on October 07, 2008 14:34 to the problem "Sandy is not responding when I reply to Daily Digest" in I want Sandy:

I have a daily digest that had become fairly long. When I reply with similar commands to the original poster, the email is sent, but receives no confirmation, and the actions are not done.

e.g.:

u 20 @done
forget 21
u 10 @done

This is from a mobileme email address.

the message does get sent out (i've tried the iPhone mail client, thunderbird, and mobileme web interface), as I can see it in the sent folder.

But I didn't get a reply at all from IWS.

I could still send reminders, including multiple reminders and updates in a single email. Just not the digest email.

Then I went to cull stuff directly on the IWS web site. Following that, I can now send commands by replying to digests again.

I wonder if IWS ignored my emails because of some particular text in the earlier digest email.

So things are OK for now, but were hairy for a week or so.

gya24jk started following the problem "Sandy is not responding when I reply to Daily Digest" in I want Sandy.

gya24jk started following the question "Will I be able to add Sandy to Google Talk anytime soon?" in I want Sandy.

gya24jk started following the idea "Link for a new Digest" in I want Sandy.

gya24jk replied on September 22, 2008 03:04 to the question "How do I request an updated daily digest in email?" in I want Sandy:

Same request for requesting daily digest via email.

Sometimes I've replied to the daily digest with lots of updates, forgets, snoozes, and want to see a fresh one.

gya24jk started following the question "How do I request an updated daily digest in email?" in I want Sandy.

A comment on the problem "Only receiving daily digests and snoozed reminders (no new reminders)" in I want Sandy:

Replying to my reply:

This seems to have resolved itself today (or yesterday). – gya24jk, on September 11, 2008 03:20

gya24jk replied on September 08, 2008 14:21 to the question "Support for additional "Input" methods for Sandy" in I want Sandy:

Just straight IM please.

gya24jk replied on September 08, 2008 14:18 to the problem "Only receiving daily digests and snoozed reminders (no new reminders)" in I want Sandy:

same.

Using @mac.com address (because of push).

Junk folder empty.

iwantsandy.com email options: yes, send me reminders, and yes, send me replies. I get the replies, and the digest, but not the reminders.

gya24jk started following the problem "Only receiving daily digests and snoozed reminders (no new reminders)" in I want Sandy.

gya24jk started following the question "How do I get email updates for people that I'm following?" in Twitter.

gya24jk replied on September 08, 2008 12:08 to the question "Is Twitter still doing SMS alerts (free) for NSW, Australia?" in Twitter:

You can turn it on safely. But they won't arrive, because SMS alerts don't work in Australia.

gya24jk started following the idea "Add IM with Sandy" in I want Sandy.

gya24jk replied on September 03, 2008 11:37 to the discussion "Changes for SMS users: the good news and the bad" in Twitter:

No fix yet?

Killing incoming SMS will reduce twitter usage. I understand that SMS is a scam in terms of bandwidth/cost, but fact is, most people have some SMS bundled with their phone plan. Or are able to send SMS with a discrete cost (e.g. 35¢), which is predictable and manageable.

The logical progression is for SMS to die, for everyone to pay for an equivalent data plan instead, and send/receive emails instead. Which should be more flexible. But, reality is that we aren't at the stage where most people have data plans or ability to send email on their phone. And as other people have stated, email is not instant either -- people will need to apply/buy a push email account.

So even though SMS is expensive in terms of bandwidth/cost, there are still advantages, and hopefully Twitter.com can monetise their service in some way that WILL allow us to restart using SMS.

In the meantime, at least give those users WITH data plans/smart phone/push email a "push"-like option, by redirecting tweets to email addresses instead. So far, the http://twitter.com/devices page is useless, because AIM don't work, Jabber don't work, and SMS don't work.

Which is retarded.

I've tried twittermail, and it only sends direct messages. And really, a 3rd party option for notifications is un-elegant, not to mention dangerous, having to let someone else know your twitter.com password etc.

gya24jk started following the idea "Please remove the notice: "We're working to restore IM..." It's patronizing." in Twitter.

gya24jk replied on August 27, 2008 04:02 to the question "push email instead of SMS?" in Twitter:

Twitter.com notifications is borked. Instant messaging (a free service) has been offline for months. SMS for most international users is switched off.

I can understand about international SMS: it is expensive for Twitter, because it's an overpriced way of sending data.

Ideally, everyone should move to sending/receiving messages via push email instead (i.e. pay for data). Why not incorporate email into notifications instead? Going through 3rd parties such as twittermail or rsstoemail services is a cop out, and indicates the demand for these services.

Using applications such as twitterific or websites such as m.twitter.com/slandr.net/hahlo.com isn't an alternative for notifications, because the notifications aren't "pushed" to the phone.

gya24jk started following the problem "Alternative to SMS on Smartphone." in Twitter.

gya24jk started following the question "push email instead of SMS?" in Twitter.