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So I send text messages to a landline phone that
doesn't receive text messages and the iphone
does not acknowledge the failed messages, it
makes it appear that the messages exist.

Formerly, explicit warnings were given when
trying to text to a landline.

So this is a regression.


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On 2026-01-07 03:06:21 +0000, Pluted Pup said:

So I send text messages to a landline phone that doesn't receive text messages and the iphone does not acknowledge the failed messages, it
makes it appear that the messages exist.

Formerly, explicit warnings were given when trying to text to a landline.

So this is a regression.

I'm not sure about this problem, but I know when we were using Vodafone
NZ for our internet connection using their "home wireless" cellular
modem, they would stupidly send text message confirmations of monthly
invoice payments to the modem's cellphone number, which never gives any indication that they arrive and most people wouldn't even know they are
there (I only stumbled across them one day when looking for something
else in the modem's settings).

Potentially it could be a similar issue if the "landline" phone is
actually connected via a cellular internet modem, like our landline
phone is.

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Pluted Pup <plutedpup@outlook.com> wrote:

So I send text messages to a landline phone that
doesn't receive text messages and the iphone
does not acknowledge the failed messages, it
makes it appear that the messages exist.

These are SMS messages. There's no mechanism to verify whether an SMS has
been received. Whether that's a mobile or landline.

Formerly, explicit warnings were given when
trying to text to a landline.

This might have been a network feature simply based on the phone number pattern. What country are you in and what network?

With VOIP being very common now across the globe any of that of guesswork
is almost impossible.

In the UK, BT landlines used to translate SMS messages into a recorded
voice message which was sent to you. Not sure if that still happens. New connections do not get a landline anymore.

So this is a regression.

Possibly, but at the network level. Unlikely it's the phone.



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On 07.01.26 04:06, Pluted Pup wrote:

So I send text messages to a landline phone that
doesn't receive text messages and the iphone
does not acknowledge the failed messages, it
makes it appear that the messages exist.

In fact it does.

Formerly, explicit warnings were given when
trying to text to a landline.

Nonsense. This is a network function and not from the iPhone. Landlines
here are able to receive SMS for more than 20years. But it depends what
phone model you use whther you can read them.

So this is a regression.

Not at all. You do not understand who is doing what in this process.

Cu!
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On 07.01.26 08:57, Chris wrote:

Pluted Pup <plutedpup@outlook.com> wrote:

So I send text messages to a landline phone that
doesn't receive text messages and the iphone
does not acknowledge the failed messages, it
makes it appear that the messages exist.

These are SMS messages. There's no mechanism to verify whether an SMS has been received. Whether that's a mobile or landline.

Formerly, explicit warnings were given when
trying to text to a landline.

This might have been a network feature simply based on the phone number pattern. What country are you in and what network?

With VOIP being very common now across the globe any of that of guesswork
is almost impossible.

In the UK, BT landlines used to translate SMS messages into a recorded
voice message which was sent to you. Not sure if that still happens. New connections do not get a landline anymore.

So this is a regression.

Possibly, but at the network level. Unlikely it's the phone.

+1
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