XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, comp.sys.mac.system, comp.mobile.android   
   From: NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com   
      
   I replied to this in the win10 ng, where it appears, but for some reason   
   it has yet to show up in the android ng.  The first copy may appear some   
   day.   
      
   In comp.mobile.android, on Wed, 2 Apr 2025 23:44:19 -0000 (UTC), Marion   
    wrote:   
      
   >I'm in the USA and while there are essentially only 3 major carriers, all   
   >of whom have an SMS-to-Email gateway, I agree with Frank that it's almost   
   >unused here (as far as I can tell from my own personal experience).   
      
   I don't want to have to turn on my phone to send a text, so for the one   
   or two people I write to often, I've found the email address of their   
   phones, and I use email from the PC and they get a text.   
      
   Then when they reply to me with a text, I get an email.  It's very   
   convenient.   
      
   >As for RCS, I haven't experienced anyone in the USA who communicates with   
      
   They changed texting on my phone to RCS.  I use mintmobile on a Xiaomi   
   phone.  Not sure who made the change.   If the other party is also using   
   RCS, I think it would show on my phone whether or not they'd read my   
   text.  That would be good to know.  AFAIK prior to RCS no one provided   
   that info.   
      
   >me having anything to do with it - but I'm using PulseSMS as my default   
   >SMS/MMS app, and it doesn't have RCS so I probably wouldn't even know it.   
   >   
   >My only issue is when I receive a video from iPhone users, I have to switch   
   >those iPhone users to WhatsApp (which most of them have) to be non blurry.   
   >   
   >I suspect (hope?) that when RCS/encryption arrives, things will improve.   
      
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