Will messages be blocked when turning off iMessage and SMS Message on 4S?

[ET iPhone Home]

By turning OFF iMessage and SMS Message, will it send an alert to the sender that I am unavailable to receive text messages? Or will all text messages be backed up and come all at once as soon as I turn it back on?

I was just wondering if by turning these two off in settings, if this process would be similar when sending an email to a misspelled/incorrect email address and you receive a MailerDaemon to alert you that your email was not sent properly.

Thanks.

[erratikmind]

Depending on your carrier, you can send yourself a message from your computer.

[Applejuiced]

Originally Posted by ET iPhone Home

By turning OFF iMessage and SMS Message, will it send an alert to the sender that I am unavailable to receive text messages? Or will all text messages be backed up and come all at once as soon as I turn it back on?

I was just wondering if by turning these two off in settings, if this process would be similar when sending an email to a misspelled/incorrect email address and you receive a MailerDaemon to alert you that your email was not sent properly.

Thanks.

Where do you see the option to turn of sms messages?
I only see imessage, mms, group and character count.
There's no way to disable sms text messages on the iphone.

[ET iPhone Home]

Originally Posted by Applejuiced

Where do you see the option to turn of sms messages?
I only see imessage, mms, group and character count.
There's no way to disable sms text messages on the iphone.

If you look in SETTINGS > MESSAGES, you will see the following:

iMessage ON/OFF

SMS/MMS

MMS MESSAGING ON/OFF
CHARACTER COUNT ON/OFF

I assume MMS took care for both SMS & MMS since it was titled that way. Maybe, as you stated, it took care of only MMS and not SMS.

Anyway, someone texted me and I received it, so it answered my question - You can't block texts momentarily. And it will not send an "UNAVAILABLE" msg. to sender by turning these OFF.

[bogatyr]

SMS and MMS are stored at the provider. If you want them blocked you have to request it from your provider. Even when blocked, I don't believe there is a rejection notice.

[Applejuiced]

Originally Posted by ET iPhone Home

If you look in SETTINGS > MESSAGES, you will see the following:

iMessage ON/OFF

SMS/MMS

MMS MESSAGING ON/OFF
CHARACTER COUNT ON/OFF

I assume MMS took care for both SMS & MMS since it was titled that way. Maybe, as you stated, it took care of only MMS and not SMS.

Anyway, someone texted me and I received it, so it answered my question - You can't block texts momentarily. And it will not send an "UNAVAILABLE" msg. to sender by turning these OFF.

That only turns off mms messaging.
Not regural sms texts.