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   Steve Hayes to All   
   Re: Group SMS   
   04 Mar 26 04:50:02   
   
   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Tue, 3 Mar 2026 09:17:10 +0000, Andy Burns    
   wrote:   
      
   >Steve Hayes wrote:   
   >   
   >> On my 20-year-old Samsung dumb phone it is easy to set up a group to   
   >> send SMS messages to, and it is very easy to resend such a message to   
   >> others.   
   >>   
   >> Is there any way of doing the same thing on an Android phone?   
   >   
   >A few years ago, Google's default text message app (might have had a   
   >different name back then) tended to "promote" SMS to MMS, because the   
   >American developers didn't realise they cost more in other countries.   
   >   
   >Now Google Messages makes it easy, add multiple phone numbers to a   
   >conversation, and it'll offer to save the group with a name (that's   
   >private to you) works with SMS or RCS ...   
      
   I've never seen it offer to save the group with a name. That would be   
   a useful start.   
      
      
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