Hi Grant, Thanks for the info, so I guess I'll have to select my email to start new conversations when overseas as my number will be unavailable, however that doesn't matter to my parents? They can still message and face time me even if my Australian number is the only contact info in their phones? That correct? *smile* Andrew
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Grant Hardy Sent: Saturday, 11 May 2013 5:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: using IMessage and face time with both phone number and email Hey Andrew, The "start new conversations from" setting for iMessages determines the ID that will be shown when you start a new conversation with someone. If you select your phone number, it'll look a lot like traditional texting where your mobile number will show up (and in fact, you'll have the option of falling back to traditional text messaging if the iMessage server isn't reachable). If you select your Email address, people won't see your mobile number. Yes, only one of these can be selected, likewise for the caller ID setting for Facetime calls. One advantage of selecting your Email address as the default ID for Facetime and iMessaging is, as you've noted, the fact that messages will reach you even when you're traveling and are using a different phone number. A disadvantage, for iMessaging at least, is that there's no fallback to traditional text messaging if you happen to be without data for a while, or the iMessaging server isn't reachable. Note that people can reach you using your current phone number and any of the Email addresses you've associated with Facetime and iMessaging. You don't have to just pick one! This is only the ID that will be used for new conversations that you start. Grant On 5/10/13, Andrew Head <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > I was just looking through the iMessage and face time settings. I see > under IMessage, under the you can be reached by heading, both my phone > number and email are selected. However, under the star new > conversations from heading, only my phone number is selected. When I > change to select my email, my number is no longer selected. Just > wondering, can I have both selected under the start new conversations > from heading and if so how? > Also, when I go overseas I won't have my Australian number on the > iphone 4 so can I set up my email only on that for IMessage and keep > the current IMessage settings the same on the iphone 5? > > Same questions apply to face time, but another question regarding face > time > is: > Caller id, can I have both email and phone number selected or can I > set up my caller id as my email only on another device? I assume this > is the id that shows up when I call someone? > Thanks for all your help, > Hope everyone has a good day, > Andrew > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
