Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers?

From	Alan Baker <email@domain.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.comm, comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject	Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers?
Date	2015-08-21 09:11 -0700
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References	<fuKdnV-OKLyKvUvInZ2dnUU7-NmdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <200820151659164069%fort514@mac.com> <55d65613$0$1658$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>

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On 2015-08-20 22:34:59 +0000, Patty Winter said:

> In article <200820151659164069%fort514@mac.com>,
> Charles  <fort514@mac.com> wrote:
>> In article <fuKdnV-OKLyKvUvInZ2dnUU7-NmdnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Ant
>> <ANTant@zimage.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> On a new 15" MacBook Pro with its updated Mac OS X v10.10.5, I am trying
>>> to figure out why some American mobile phone numbers don't work when I
>>> try to send messages from Messages app. I get a red color background and
>>> a number is not registered to Messages error. Is it because these
>>> numbers are not iPhone users? I had no problems sending to iPhone users
>>> though.
>> 
>> Make sure you have text message forwarding turned on for your MacBook
>> Pro in the message settings on your iPhone.
> 
> How will that help the people he's asking about, who don't have iPhones?

Messages on your Mac is forwarding to YOUR iPhone, which then sends the 
message out as a standard text message.

Basically, as your email client forwards your emails to an SMTP server, 
Messages on the Mac is using your iPhone as an SMS server.

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Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-08-20 13:44 -0500
  Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Charles <fort514@mac.com> - 2015-08-20 16:59 -0400
    Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2015-08-20 22:34 +0000
      Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Charles <fort514@mac.com> - 2015-08-20 19:05 -0400
      Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-21 00:43 +0000
        Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2015-08-21 01:35 +0000
          Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-21 16:03 +0000
            Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2015-08-23 23:54 +0000
              Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-24 01:08 +0000
              Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Alan Baker <email@domain.com> - 2015-08-23 23:12 -0700
                Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-08-23 23:53 -0700
                Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-08-24 13:12 +0000
                Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-08-24 07:20 -0700
                Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-08-25 13:48 +0000
                Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-08-25 08:06 -0700
                Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2015-08-24 15:02 +0000
                Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Alan Baker <email@domain.com> - 2015-08-24 08:30 -0700
                Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-24 15:33 +0000
                Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2015-08-24 23:04 +0000
                Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-25 01:09 +0000
                Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Alan Baker <email@domain.com> - 2015-08-24 19:04 -0700
                Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-08-24 08:37 -0700
                Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-24 15:39 +0000
      Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-08-21 01:12 +0000
      Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Alan Baker <email@domain.com> - 2015-08-21 09:11 -0700
    Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-08-21 02:09 -0500
      Re: Only can send Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s Messages to iPhone numbers? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-21 16:05 +0000

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