Subj : some business hardware re To : August Abolins From : Barry Martin Date : Thu Nov 14 2024 07:14:00 Hi August! > Subject: some business hardware requires a landline AA> At what point is the subject line getting cut off? :( My smart-rump answer was going to be "after the 're'" as that's what I saw with the read panel. OTTOMH I'm not able to pinpoint the trimming utility: there are field limits imposed by various programmes making up the overall BBS mail system: for example my offline mail reader will allow me to insert a 100-character tagline but the BBS software wil truncate that to 72 characters. > Now for cell phone-only service, that has a bunch of loosely > put-together factoids in my mind. Know there is a device to > connect house phones to the cell phone docked in a device -- > sort of a reverse cordless phone. Problem is when the cell > phone is taken off the telephones don't work because the > bridge device (the cell phone) is missing. AA> There are devices that take a SIM card directly and connect AA> with cell services that way. I have one such thing in use at AA> home for about 3 yrs now. It's a ZTE MF279T. I simply plug in AA> my existing cordless phone base into it, and I can continue to AA> use my multiple cordless phones as usual. I got mine for $6 at AA> a thrift shop. This particular model offers wifi as well. Good deal!! I haven't looked at the offerings lately as don't really need. The house phones went from landline/copper to VoIP and the original number carried over, so solved that problem. ¯ ® ¯ BarryMartin3@MyMetronet.NET ® ¯ ® .... If your eyes hurt after drinking coffee you forgot to remove the spoon. --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com (454:1/1) .