This is one of the things that we all Indians have been waiting for and could have thought that this could be possible. Now here it is to everyone.
- Now a very simple way has been found through which you can get your orkut scraps / emails your mobile phones via SMSs.
- No need of GPRS or WAP or internet connection on your mobile phones.
- No need of a hi-fi mobile phone.
- Just a simple cell phone needed which can receive SMSs. Thats it.
- No charges involved. It is totally FREE.
This is a very cool hack which will enable you to receive your scraps on your mobiles via SMS. This hack may be very helpful for those who are on a vacation and cannot log in to their account gain and again to check their scraps/emails. What's the best part? You get all the updates on your mobile and you don't spend a single penny except that one time initial registration fee (merely RS 1) .
This is a simple trick (hack) come to alive by the services provided by
- mytoday.com (free SMS delivery client website foe indian mobile users)
- orkutfeeds.com (Converts orkut scraps and community messages into web feeds)
- blogger.com (blog publishing platform by google)
Getting emails as SMS :(skip this step if you are only interested for scraps )Step 1(A) : Go to blogger.com
>> Log in /
Sign up >> create a blog ( which can be found at your_blog_address.blogspot.com )
>> Go to that blog "setting"
>> "email"
>> in the "mail-to-blogger" address field set your secret id (let
xyz ) >> check "publish mails immediately" . Now your mail-to-blogger id will be like
blogger_user_name.xyz@blogger.Now go back to blog settings
>> formatting
>> set "show no of posts" to 0 (zero) .
Step 1(B): Now we have to forward our emails to the mail-to-blogger address .
To do this action in gmail.com >> Go to gmail "settings"
>> "Forwarding and POP/IMAP"
>> in the " Forward a copy of incoming mail to " field put mail-to-blogger id
( i.e. blogger_user_name.xyz@blogger.com ) >> Click "Save changes".
To do this action in yahoo mail >> Go to yahoo mail "options"
>> "mail options"
>> POP and Forwarding
>> Check forwarding
>> put mail-to-blogger id
( i.e. blogger_user_name.xyz@blogger.com ) >> save changes >> visit your blog >> click the confirmation link .
Now your emails are hosted at the URL like
your_blog_address.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default . Copy This address to clip board.
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Getting Orkut scraps as SMS:
Step 1 :To get scraps as SMS , first we have to covert our scrap into web feeds. To do this we need help of the website orkutfeeds.com by rahul bansal.
The feed URL of your scrap book will be like this
Replace the value after uid%3D with your orkut userID ( what is userID ? Login to your orkut account and click on your profile itself. You will get your orkut id on the address bar. Like http://www.orkut.com/Profile.aspx?uid=7722318294737682090 in my case. So 7722318294737682090 is my unique userID )
Copy your scrap feed URL to clip board.
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The Final Step (Step 2 ) :You have to register for an account in mytoday.com
To register, sms
REG yourCityName to
098453 98453
You will receive your password immediately
Now go to mytoday.com and log in with your mobile number and password
To get emails as SMS >> Go to
Feed Management Page >> Go to "Add Feed"
>> In the "name" field put "email" and in the "URL" field put
your_blog_address.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default ( From step 1.B)
>> Check send SMS
>> click create AND YOU ARE ALL DONE.
To get scraps as SMS>> Go to
Feed Management Page >> Go to "Add Feed"
>> In the "name" field put "scraps" and in the "URL" field put [update: script is not working anymore]( From step 1)
>> Check send SMS
>> click create AND YOU ARE ALL DONE.
Limitations:
- Scraps/emails sent to you via sms are 5-6 hours late.
- The word limit is 71. So you wont get to read the full scrap/email if it exceeds 71 words.
- This hack wont work if your scrapbook is locked or blog set as private.
- This whole trick/process is for Indian cell users only.
- If You are using email services which don't provide ( hotmail/live mail, zapak, rediff, indiatimes ) mail forwarding option ; you can't read them in your mobile.
- The emails that you are auto forwarding to blogger.com must be less than 10 MB in size.
