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VueMinder Calendar Help - Configuration Wizard - Text Message Settings

Current as of Version 5.3.0

Overview

VueMinder Calendar can send reminders via text messages.  In order to do this, you'll need to enter your text messaging settings.  You'll also need to have entered email settings on the previous step of the wizard.  If you don't intend to use text message reminders, you can skip this step by clicking the Next button.  You can also enter your text message settings using the Text Messaging command from the Options menu.

Cell Phone Information

To configure VueMinder Calendar for text messaging, select your mobile carrier from the list.  When a carrier is selected, the SMS send-to address for receiving text messages is automatically determined.

If your carrier is not listed, click the "Get Latest" button to download the latest list from VueSoft.  If after doing this your carrier is still not listed, please contact us so we can add your carrier. In the meantime, you can select the "Manually Configure" option in the list.  This will require you to manually enter your SMS send-to address.

You'll also need to enter your phone number.  Depending on the selected mobile carrier, this may be used to determine the send-to address.  Some mobile carriers require a username for text messaging instead of a phone number.  When this is the case, a "User name" field will be shown where you can enter your user name.  This will be used to determine the send-to address.

Text Message Reminder Options

After selecting a mobile carrier and entering your phone number (and possibly user name), the send-to address will automatically update.  You can manually change this if it is incorrect.  The maximum number of characters in the text message will also be automatically determined based on the selected mobile carrier.  If the value is incorrect, you can adjust it.  If you find you need to modify either of these fields, please let us know so we can update our information. 

Send Test Message

After your enter or modify your text messaging or email settings, it's advised that you send a test message to ensure VueMinder Calendar will be able to correctly send text message reminders.

Click the "Send a Test Message" to initiate the test.  If you don't receive a text message after waiting several minutes, double-check both your text messaging and email settings to ensure they are correct.  After you've verified your text messaging settings, click Next to continue to the next step of the Configuration Wizard.

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