Forgive me if these are repeats as I've not read the other articles but here are some things I've found.
More tips:
1. You can reply to a "text" email just like a normal email and it responds via text to the original sender.
2. Using the Chrome or Firefox plugin, when you receive a text your computer will "ding" to let you know (if you happen to be at home.)
3. Using the tip you mentioned above regarding labels and forwarding, you can set an "auto-response" for specific senders or all text messages. I actually used this once for a contest, and it worked amazingly well.
4. There is an export and import function under contacts that, in conjunction with both AT&T and Verizon "my services" pages, you can easily transfer contacts back and forth. I had a business phone with one, and a personal phone with the other. Within 15 minutes I figured out how to have ALL contacts on ALL phones. Very handy!
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