Group messaging, no Sender ID

[Chuckcell]

I sent out a group message to my family (from my new Verizon number) and they could not tell that it was me. I applaud their caution but did I overlook some setting? One that tells my friends and family who is sending.

 

[Rocketsaucev2]

If you recently got a new number, they would need to add it to their contact of you in their phones

 

[N4Newbie]

Exactly. SMS and MMS messaging are phone-number based; to identify the sender by name, the recipient must have that phone number associated with a name in his contacts list.

 

[Chuckcell]

So there's nothing I over-looked, and the message coming thru to them _wasn't _ lacking a "signature" from my new phone number (unless I added it)?

 

[N4Newbie]

So there's nothing I over-looked, and the message coming thru to them _wasn't _ lacking a "signature" from my new phone number (unless I added it)?

Simply put, if the recipient does not have an entry in his/her contacts app that associates your name with your phone number, then their phone will not "recognize" you by name, neither for incoming phone calls nor for texts.

 

[Chuckcell]

Thanks. I'll have to remember that.