Instructions: Email Associations Help
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What are Email Associations?
Email Associations allow you to set up email accounts (either your home email address or your mobile phone's "number") to associateiate to your What's Invasive! account. This will allow you to contribute to the What's Invasive! invasive plant species documentation campaign but without having to use our Android G1 or iPhone applications.
All types of email accounts can be supported, such as Gmail, Hotmail, or your own internet service provider's email!
Additionally, this service can also support many Multimedia Message Service (MMS) enabled phones from service providers like Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, and more. Please note that standard mobile phone MMS and SMS messaging rates will apply depending on your mobile plan!
Email From My Phone??
Indeed! Most carriers support the ability to send MMS messages (Picture and/or Video messages) to email addresses, as well as the ability to receive replies from email senders. All you have to do is create an MMS message using your phone's text or picture messaging service and type in an email address in the recipient list instead of a phone number.
How do I Test My Phone For Email Support?
Try sending a test message to one of your own email accounts. In a few minutes, a copy of your MMS message should pop up in your inbox from an address representing your phone. Use this address for setting up the email associations in the Email & Phone numbers associations page.
Next, try replying to that email you just received. If you get the replied MMS message on your phone, then congrats, your phone is capable of sending and receiving emails!
You can also contact your carrier and ask if your plan supports the sending and receiving of emails through MMS.
