"Brian" <rates11@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:irroa3p4h9a5j8eeeg73ufbbde8nabflkl@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 10:40:13 +0100, "DubDriver" <dubsdrive1@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>"DubDriver" <dubsdrive1@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:rRYqi.1595$hm5.662@fe58.usenetserver.com. ..
>>>
>>> "Hooch" <HoochXX@googlemail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:1185686145.170401.206970@57g2000hsv.googlegro ups.com...
>>>> On Jul 28, 11:10 pm, "DubDriver" <dubsdri...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> "Hooch" <Hooc...@googlemail.com> wrote in message
>>>>>
>>>>> news:1185655884.198349.44380@d55g2000hsg.googlegro ups.com...
>>>>>
>>>>> > All of a sudden today I had several text messages from someone in
>>>>> > Sweden come through on my landline (from 07953 966066). Is this
>>>>> > 18185's system (who I've recently started sending texts through)?
>>>>> > Because the texts weren't in English and were being read as if they
>>>>> > were, none of them was decipherable! To add to the confusion,
>>>>> > several
>>>>> > other texts from the same person came through normally to my mobile.
>>>>>
>>>>> So the messages are from something/someone who knows both your mobile
>>>>> and
>>>>> landline number.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, indeed. Actually the landline is in the name of the person
>>>> who's in Sweden at the moment.
>>>>
>>>>> 18185 will not know your mobile number unless you have
>>>>> added it as a number you wish to make calls from. Have you done that?
>>>>
>>>> Not that I recall. Most probably not.
>>>>
>>>>> If not
>>>>> I don't see any reason it's directly to do with 18185.
>>>>
>>>> Ah. The puzzling thing is why (some of) these texts should suddenly
>>>> start coming through on the land line out of the blue.
>>>
>>> I think I know what is happening, when you send a text message from
>>> 18185
>>> the caller ID is that of your landline. So, although you may of only
>>> previously told the person in Sweden your mobile number he/she will see
>>> your landline number in the text message and using mobile's reply button
>>> it will go to your landline.
>>
>>Just to add to my own reply, I just tried setting up a separate new
>>account
>>with 18185 but this time using only my mobile number, hoping this would
>>make
>>text messages sent from website have the caller ID of my mobile rather
>>than
>>my landline. But instead they are shown as coming from 08081701708.
>>
>>
>
> You need to make a call from your mobile to 18185 briefly, this
> registers your phone and then the sms option will include your mobile
> number

Great, thank you that worked on 18866. Oddly it wouldn't on 18185 ... bug or
something I guess.