Use Administrative Commands to Manage Email to Text Service

The following steps explain how to manage the Email to Text service by replying with Administrative commands.

  1. Compose a new text message on your phone.
  2. Enter 0000000000 (10 zeroes) as a recipient.
  3. Enter and send one of the following commands:
Command Description

Subscribe

Turns the Email to Text service on.

Unsubscribe

Turns the Email to Text service off.

Alias Name

Defines your alias (e.g. name@pcs.rogers.com)

Name your name

 Defines a familiar name (e.g. “John Smith”), in addition to the email alias, for outbound emails from your phone.

Number off

Turns alerts off for email sent to number@pcs.rogers.com.

Note: you must define an alias in order to use this command.

Number on

Turns alerts for number@pcs.rogers.com back on.

CC on 

All replies will be sent to all addresses in the “To” and “cc” fields of the original received email.

CC off

Turns carbon copy reply off.

Allow email address

Add a sender to the “allow” list, removing that sender from the “deny” list if necessary.

Allow email domain

Add any address from a domain to the “allow” list (any user@domain.com).

Block email address

Add a sender to the “deny” list, removing that sender from the “allow” list if necessary.

Block email domain

Add any address from a domain to the “deny” list (any user@domain.com).

Francais

Request service in French.

Help

Returns a list of help topics.

Help command

Returns help from using a specific command.