On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 12:26:03 +0100, "DubDriver" <dubsdrive1@gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>"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.

I'm using it on 18185. Try holding the call a few seconds longer, and
wait a while b4 u log into to 18185 so it gets a chance to register.