[E3-hacking] E3 Emailer

Kevin O'Donovan kev at coastalcontainer.co.uk
Mon Jul 17 12:51:01 BST 2006


>From what Cliff said, it sounds like it will. It's a real shame there isn't
an option to buy an unsubsidised one, but I can see why amstrad might not
want to take that route. If my emailer had been dialling out daily since I
bought it, it would have cost me about £250 by now, since it was about £100
to buy back then. 

Kev

-----Original Message-----
From: Gerard Jemitus [mailto:gerry at jemitus.co.uk] 
Sent: 17 July 2006 10:56
To: Discussion of the Amstrad E3 emailer hardware/software
Subject: Re: [E3-hacking] E3 Emailer

I only just registered my E3 on Saturday night, but following Davids email
re the CLI trick, I set it to receive automatic email notification. So far,
it's made just one 0800 call to get adverts, but hasn't attempted to make
any premium rate calls...... so, fingers crossed...... keep you posted


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin O'Donovan" <kev at coastalcontainer.co.uk>
To: "'Discussion of the Amstrad E3 emailer hardware/software'" 
<e3-hacking at earth.li>
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 10:32 AM
Subject: RE: [E3-hacking] E3 Emailer


Can anyone confirm that? I like the emailers for the combination of easy to
use address book and the digital answering machine - I've not seen anything
else that combines the two so well. I don't use the email at all - even if
it wasn't overpriced, I've got my own mailserver at home, so... I'd like to
upgrade to the E3 at home, and also buy one for work, but at home I refuse
to pay for so frequent calls for a service I'm not using, and at work
premium calls require going through an operator. The emailer I've got at
home certainly does involve paying for the email checks, and I was under the
impression that the E3 was the same, except with a more frequent minimum
period for calling home. I realise the cost of the E3 is subsidised, but I
for one would welcome the chance to pay more for a version that didn't have
the limitiations...

Kevin

-----Original Message-----
From: David Given [mailto:dg at cowlark.com]
Sent: 16 July 2006 01:35
To: Discussion of the Amstrad E3 emailer hardware/software
Subject: Re: [E3-hacking] E3 Emailer

Gerard Jemitus wrote:
[...]
> *I know you're mainly into more esoteric hacking on this phone, but as
> a starter..... is it possible to get rid of the automated daily email
> calls, and just use it as a phone, forget all the overpriced email,
> sms etc...... **I know you can reduce the frequency of the calls, but
> how about getting rid of them completely??? Any ideas??*

Nah, we tend to just rip out Amstrad's software completely and replace it.
You could probably set something up involving another computer and a modem
which pretended to be Amstrad's server, but I doubt it would be worth the
effort.

Incidentally, the daily call is to a freephone number --- IIRC, the emailer
will never charge you money unless you press the Send/Receive button. The
email notification flashing light is done using a nifty caller-ID trick
which doesn't involve making an actual telephone call. So provided you let
it download its advertisements, it should go on working as a simple phone
indefinitely.

-- 
+- David Given --McQ-+ "Gaping from its single obling socket was
|  dg at cowlark.com    | scintillating, many fauceted scarlet emerald..."
| (dg at tao-group.com) | --- Jim Theis, _The Eye of Argon_ (spelling
+- www.cowlark.com --+ original)




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