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    From Scott@newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk to uk.telecom.mobile on Mon Aug 17 16:16:44 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.mobile

    A somewhat vague question for the panel: Is there any barrier to
    sending a photo (MMS) from an iPhone in the UK to an Android in
    Denmark? My iPhone's mobile data, WiFi calling and MMS messaging are
    all turned on. There is no problem with the number in Denmark as I
    have successfully sent SMS messages. The SIM in Denmark is locally
    purchased and the phone is registered in a third country with owner
    visiting Denmark. Thanks for any ideas.
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  • From MikeS@MikeS@fred.com to uk.telecom.mobile on Mon Aug 17 17:18:40 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.mobile

    On 17/08/2026 16:16, Scott wrote:
    A somewhat vague question for the panel: Is there any barrier to
    sending a photo (MMS) from an iPhone in the UK to an Android in
    Denmark? My iPhone's mobile data, WiFi calling and MMS messaging are
    all turned on. There is no problem with the number in Denmark as I
    have successfully sent SMS messages. The SIM in Denmark is locally
    purchased and the phone is registered in a third country with owner
    visiting Denmark. Thanks for any ideas.

    Some services make a charge to *receive" an MMS. Possibly the SIM is not enabled for that.
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  • From David Wade@g4ugm@dave.invalid to uk.telecom.mobile on Mon Aug 17 17:33:21 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.mobile

    On 17/08/2026 16:16, Scott wrote:
    A somewhat vague question for the panel: Is there any barrier to
    sending a photo (MMS) from an iPhone in the UK to an Android in
    Denmark? My iPhone's mobile data, WiFi calling and MMS messaging are
    all turned on. There is no problem with the number in Denmark as I
    have successfully sent SMS messages. The SIM in Denmark is locally
    purchased and the phone is registered in a third country with owner
    visiting Denmark. Thanks for any ideas.

    Do you have enough credit?
    Does the recipient have enough data?
    Why would you want to spend money doing this?

    Dave
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  • From Scott@newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk to uk.telecom.mobile on Mon Aug 17 18:33:39 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.mobile

    On Mon, 17 Aug 2026 17:33:21 +0100, David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid>
    wrote:

    On 17/08/2026 16:16, Scott wrote:
    A somewhat vague question for the panel: Is there any barrier to
    sending a photo (MMS) from an iPhone in the UK to an Android in
    Denmark? My iPhone's mobile data, WiFi calling and MMS messaging are
    all turned on. There is no problem with the number in Denmark as I
    have successfully sent SMS messages. The SIM in Denmark is locally
    purchased and the phone is registered in a third country with owner
    visiting Denmark. Thanks for any ideas.

    Do you have enough credit?
    Yes.
    Does the recipient have enough data?
    Good point. Maybe she has no data allowance.
    Why would you want to spend money doing this?
    Recipient's request. She wants to save them as photos on her phone.
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  • From Woody@harrogate3@ntlworld.com to uk.telecom.mobile on Mon Aug 17 19:17:54 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.mobile

    Tonight's silly questions:-

    Why not send them as attachments to an email via such as We Transfer?

    Why not send them as What's App attachments?

    The only reason for sending them by SMS (the phone will select MMS automatically) that I can see is that WA will compress them (as likely
    to a lesser degree will MMS.) Sending them as by such as We Transfer
    (which is free) or similar is that they will not be compressed at all by
    the transfer (which is nothing compared by how much the iPhone will have done!)
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  • From Chris in Makati@mail@nospam.com to uk.telecom.mobile on Mon Aug 17 20:22:26 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.mobile

    On Mon, 17 Aug 2026 18:33:39 +0100, Scott
    <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:

    On Mon, 17 Aug 2026 17:33:21 +0100, David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid>
    wrote:

    On 17/08/2026 16:16, Scott wrote:
    A somewhat vague question for the panel: Is there any barrier to
    sending a photo (MMS) from an iPhone in the UK to an Android in
    Denmark? My iPhone's mobile data, WiFi calling and MMS messaging are
    all turned on. There is no problem with the number in Denmark as I
    have successfully sent SMS messages. The SIM in Denmark is locally
    purchased and the phone is registered in a third country with owner
    visiting Denmark. Thanks for any ideas.

    Do you have enough credit?
    Yes.
    Does the recipient have enough data?
    Good point. Maybe she has no data allowance.
    Why would you want to spend money doing this?
    Recipient's request. She wants to save them as photos on her phone.

    Some networks no longer support MMS. I don't think it was ever very
    popular. I remember testing when I first saw it decades ago and then
    never actually used it. There are much easier ways of sending photos
    between mobile phones than MMS.

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